US History A Timeline

By Eli Erickson
  • Discovery of America by Columbus
    1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

    Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the cotton gin

    Invention of the cotton gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    Between 1830 and 1850, as it wasn't a one-time event.
  • Invention of the telegraph

    Invention of the telegraph

  • Panic of 1837

    Panic of 1837

  • Mexican-American War

    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of The Standard Oil Trust

    The Organization of The Standard Oil Trust

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln Assassination

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments.

  • Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

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

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

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