US History Timeline

By Lydia Parks
  • 1493

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    Christopher Columbus was trying to find a straight water route to Asia and Europe but he ran into the America's. He never got to find Europe nor Asia.

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian war resulted in a British victory and a Paris treaty. It started in 1754 and ended in 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was referred to as "the destruction of tea in Boston" by Benjamin Franklin. In 1773, Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and destroyed 342 chests of tea sent by the East India Company.

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The battle of Yorktown started September 28, 1781 and ended October 19, 1781.

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812 started in June 1812 and ended in February 1815.

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • The Trail of Tears

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election 

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

    The Mexican-American war ended on February 2, 1848.

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American war began in April 25 and ended August 12.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president