US History A Timeline

By kmartin14
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus left Spain

    This is the popular date that is associated with CC discovering the Americas
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovered/Docked in America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    104 English men/boys settled this town and named it after their then king, King James. cite: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjFr_GNrMvVAhUrxlQKHWG7D9kQFggwMAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fjame%2Flearn%2Fhistoryculture%2Fa-short-history-of-jamestown.htm&usg=AFQjCNEoAHU_hM_ksmyblKr_eH9OHEtSWg
  • Period: to

    The French and Indian War

    War over land claims

  • The Boston Tea Party

    This happened during the revolution.

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

    signed the fourth, declared the fourth. This was to declare and explain our separation from England.
  • Period: to

    The Battle of Yorktown

  • Period: to

    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    Was invented and sent for patent in Oct, but granted March 14, 1794

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    This act was targeted to immigrants

  • The Louisiana purchase

    The treaty was dated April 30 and signed on May 2. In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase, and in December 1803 France transferred authority over the region to the United States. Credit: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0ahUKEwiuocHTydLVAhVri1QKHT5yDcQQFggxMAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Ftopics%2Flouisiana-purchase&usg=AFQjCNEyqw4DPycK_HRnjUr_FXmhk3L1PQ
  • Period: to

    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

    This had to do with slavery in the Louisiana purchase land
  • Period: to

    Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • Period: to

    The invention of the telegraph

  • Period: to

    The Panic of 1837

  • Period: to

    The Trail of Tears

    This was when we forced Indians off their land
  • Period: to

    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Period: to

    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Period: to

    The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Period: to

    13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • Period: to

    15th Amendment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    This happened with Rockefeller, trusts, and stocks.
  • Period: to

    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • Period: to

    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane