Washington crossing the delaware by emanuel leutze

US History A Timeline

By USocos
  • Period: Jan 1, 1450 to

    US History Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Lands in America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War ended on February 10, 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The shot hear round the world

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown ended on October 19, 1781. This was when George Washington defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis.

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

    This machine was validated in 1807.

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    Great Britain tries to put America under their control. This ended on February 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

    The nation is divided in half. The upper half, the slaves are free. And the lower half, the slaves are still in bondage.

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    Native Americans were forced to leave the south and the southeast. Many of the Native Americans died. This went on for many years. It ended in 1850.

  • The Panic of 1837

    The banks gave too many loans which turned into an economic downturn. This lasted until the mid 1840's.

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    This war lasted until February 2, 1848.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    California can be admitted to the US without slavery.

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    It happened in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. This marked the beginning of the Civil War. It ended on April 13, 1861.

  • The Emancipation Proclomation

    Abraham Lincoln declares that all slaves are free.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate army, surrendered.

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    13th Amendment abolishes slavery. The 14th Amendment came out on July 9, 1868. It gave citizenship to all to everyone in the United States. The 15th Amendment came out on February 3, 1870. It gave black men the right to vote.

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Lightbulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Homestead and Pullman Strike

    The Homestead strike happened on July 1- November 20, 1892. The Pullman strike happened on May 11- July 20, 1894.

  • Spanish-American War

    Ended on December 10, 1898.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

    After 157 days of being the vice president, President McKinley gets assassinated.

  • The Electric Light, Telephone, and the Airplane

    That was the exact date for the invention airplane by the Wright brothers. In 1879, Thomas Edison created the light bulb. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone. The 1870's to the early 1900's was known as the Gilded Age.