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US History A timeline

By ainsleya17
  • Period: 1492 to

    US History A timeline

    Timeline assignment
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • 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

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    The 13th (1865), 14th (1865), and 15thAmendments (1870)

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    July 1 - November 20, 1892

  • The Spanish-American War

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    electric light: 1879
    airplane: 1903
    telephone:1876

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

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