US History A Timeline

By BatmanBeast1952
  • 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

    The war started this year

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The war started this year

  • The Constitutional Convention

    This is when the convention started

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    This is when it was patented

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    This is when it was started

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

    Patented during that year

  • The Panic of 1837

    When the panic started

  • The Mexican-American War

    This is when the war started

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    This is when the impeachment started

  • 15th Amendment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The Trail of Tears

    Started this year

  • The invention of the electric light

    Patented on this date

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    This is when it started

  • The Spanish-American War

    This is when the war started

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane