US History Timeline

By Stormblessed
  • Oct 12, 1492

    1492

    Columbus sailed to the Americas
  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History Timeline

  • the settlement of Jamestown

    The first English settlement in north america

  • The French and Indian war

    British victory leading to treaty of Paris

  • The french and Indian war

    the war has ended

  • The Boston tea party

    British began to raise taxes on the American Colonies and the American people threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor out of frustration

  • The battle of Lexington and Concord

    As the British and the Colonies grew tension they broke out into the first battle of the revolutionary war

  • The Declaration of independence

    The day the American Colonists broke off completely from the British

  • the battle of yorktown

    the American Colonists won against the British

  • The Alien and Sedition acts

    John Adams made it so Americans could not speak against the government

  • The Constitutional convention

    The American Colonies got together and made a better government

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    An invention by Eli Wit made cotton much easier to harvest

  • The Louisiana purchase

    15 million dollars were spent on a large portion of North America

  • The War of 1812

    War-hawks attacked Canada and lost

  • The Missouri compromise

    The north wants to get rid of slaves Missouri wanted to become a slave state and the north said you can have Missouri if we can make Maine a free state.

  • Andrew Jackson's election

    After a long presidential debate Andrew Jackson became president

  • The Trail of Tears

    Indians were forced from there homes and sent through cold deadly weather lasting until 1877

  • The invention of the telegraph

    the telegraph was invented and could use Morse code and communicate long distances

  • The panic of 1837

    the stock market crashed leading into a depression that lasted until 1843

  • The Mexican American war

    We wanted Texas and mexico said no so the US attacked and won the war lasted until 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

    agreed that the Nebraska and Kansas territories could vote for a freedom or a slave state

  • The firing on fort Sumter

    this attack started the civil war against the north and south

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves in the south

  • The Organization of standard oil trust

    john d. Rockefeller tried to buy all other competition in the oil industry then it was made illegal to buy off all competition

  • Surrender at Appomattox courthouse

    the civil war has ended and all the slaves have been freed.

  • Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

    During a play Abraham had been attending an actor shot in the head

  • the 13th amendment

    slavery is made illegal

  • the 14th amendment

    If you are born on american soil you are guaranteed US citizenship

  • Andrew Johnson's impeached

    The closest president to have been removed from office

  • the 15th amendment

    giving African Americans the right to vote

  • The Phone was invented

    suddenly communication became much easier

  • the light bulb was invented

    Thomas edition patented the light bulb

  • The Pullman and homestead strikes

    employees were angry and started shooting people and got the national guard involved

  • Spanish american war

    blamed the Spanish for destroying one of our cruisers and took Cuba and the Philippines

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    he was vice president when McKinley was assassinated and became the youngest president in US history

  • The airplane was invented

    the Wright brothers invented the first aircraft to be rode by man