US History Timeline

By Morganmott2601
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The beginning of the French and Indian War

  • The end of the French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    1837-1843

  • The Mexican-American War

    April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    April 12, 1861 - April 14, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    September 22, 1862 - January 1, 1863

  • 13th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendments

  • 15th Amendments

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light,

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • The invention of the airplane

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