US History Timeline

By lydiae
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • The 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane