US History A Timeline

By C Dellinger
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    (I chose the 1st date available, the start of the war)

  • The 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

    (I chose the 1st date available, the patent application)

  • The Alien Act

  • The Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    (I chose the date of when the banks in NYC ran out of silver and gold)

  • The invention of the telegraph

    (I chose the date of the 1st message because there are no specific dates on inventions)

  • The Mexican-American War

    (I chose the 1st date available, the start of the war)

  • The Compromise of 1850

    (I chose the date the resolution was introduced)

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

    (I chose the date it was passed, not ratified)

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

    (I chose the date it was passed, not ratified)

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

    (I chose the date it was passed, not ratified)

  • The invention of the telephone

    (I chose the date of the 1st call made)

  • The invention of the light bulb

    (I can't find a month or day?)

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Homestead Strike

    (I chose the starting date)

  • The Pullman Strike

    (I chose the starting date)

  • The Spanish-American War

    (I chose the start of the war for the date)

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    (I chose the starting date of the presidency)

  • The invention of the airplane

    (I chose the date of the 1st flight)