Us History A Timeline By ZRadish05 May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown https://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement/history-jamestown/ Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/ Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/creating-a-nation/a/the-constitutional-convention 1793 The invention of the cotton gin https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp#targetText=A%20series%20of%20laws%20known,for%20new%20immigrants%20to%20vote. 1803 The Louisiana Purchase https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/louisiana-purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 https://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812/war-of-1812 Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/missouri-compromise#targetText=The%20Missouri%20Compromise%20was%20an,divided%20between%20slave%20and%20free. Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1828 Period: 1831 to 1877 The Trail of Tears https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears Period: 1837 to 1843 The Panic of 1837 http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1837 Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war/mexican-american-war Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/compromise-of-1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-sumter#targetText=Early%20in%20the%20morning%20of,was%20evacuated%20the%20next%20day. Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation 1865 13th Amendment https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=40 Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination 1868 14th Amendment https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment https://www.nps.gov/articles/why-was-andrew-johnson-impeached.htm#targetText=The%20impeachment%20of%20President%20Andrew,of%20the%20American%20Civil%20War.&targetText=The%20Tenure%20of%20Office%20Act,without%20the%20consent%20of%20Congress. 1870 15th Amendment https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust was Founded https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1804.html 1873 The Invention of the Telegraph https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/ Mar 10, 1876 The invention of the telephone http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_telephone_1.html#targetText=They%20were%20spoken%20by%20Alexander,I%20want%20to%20see%20you.%22 Oct 14, 1878 The invention of the electric light https://www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx#targetText=In%201878%2C%20Thomas%20Edison%20began,%22Improvement%20In%20Electric%20Lights%22. Jul 1, 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/homestead-strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Aug 13, 1898 The Spanish-American War https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore-roosevelt Dec 17, 1903 The invention of the airplane https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/wright-brothers 1942 The Discovery of America by Columbus http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm
