US History Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    1754-1763
  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invitation of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    October 31, 1828 - December 2, 1828
  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

    Invented by Samuel Morse
  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican - American War

    April 25, 1846 - February 2, 1848
  • Invention of electric light and telephone

    -Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
    -Thomas Edison invented electric light
  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    April 12, 1861 - April 13,1861
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    1892-1894
  • The Spanish - American War

    April 21, 1898 - December 10,1898
  • Theodore Roosevelt Became President

  • The invention of aircraft

    Wilbur, and Orville Wright invented aircraft