US History timeline

By johannabarbosa
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The discovery of America by Columbus

    on the day

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    was on

  • The French and Indian War

    Began in

  • Boston Tea Party

    Happened on

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Started on

  • The Declaration of Independence

    Signed on

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    Start Date

  • The Constitutional Convention

    Began on

  • The invention of Cotton Gin

    invented in

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    granted in

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    signed on

  • Electric light invention

    invented in

  • The War of 1812

    Began on

  • The Missouri Compromise

    Passed on

  • Andrew Jackson Election

    Elected in

  • Trail of Tears

    During

  • Invention of the Telegraph

    invented in

  • Panic of 1837

    Spring of

  • Mexican-American War

    Declared on

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Approved on

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

    Happened on

  • Emancipation Proclamtion

    announced on

  • Organization of Standard Oil

    founded on

  • Amendments 13-15

    Passed on

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    happened on

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    impeached on

  • Telephone invention

    patented on

  • Homestead strike

    conflicted on

  • Pullman Railroad strike

    conflicted on

  • Spanish-American War

    Declared on

  • Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

    started on

  • Invention of Airplanes

    first time flew on