US History A Timeline

By mjforero
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Period: to

    Invention of the Telegraph

    The timespan is between the 1830s-40s.

  • The Panic of 1837

    *No exact date.

  • The Trail of Tears

  • American-Mexican War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Period: to

    The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are Passed

  • Assassiantion of Abraham Lincoln

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • invention of Telephone

  • Invention of Electric Lightbulb

    *Not sure of exact date.

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • Homestead Strike

  • Pullman Strike

  • Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    *Not sure of exact date

  • Invention of Airplane

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