US History A Timeline

By ZeldaWaffle
  • 1492

    Discovery of America

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War Begins

  • The French and Indian War Ends

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 Starts

  • The War of 1812 Ends

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Presidential Election

  • The Trail of Tears Begins

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • Panic of 1837 Begins

  • The Panic of 1837 Ends

  • The Mexican-American War Starts

  • The Mexican-American War Ends

  • The Trail of Tears is Ended

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Standard Oil Trust is Formed

  • The 13th Amendment Passed

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • The 14th Amendment Passed

  • The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • The 13th Amendment Passed

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane