US history Timeline

  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • Beginning of french and Indian war

  • End of the French and Indian war

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • Beginning of the battle of Yorktown

  • End of the Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention Begins

  • Constitutional Convention Ends

  • The Invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The war of 1812 Begins

  • The war of 1812 Ends

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears Begins

  • The Start of the Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears ends

  • End of the Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican American War Starts

  • The Mexican American War Ends

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumster

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th amendment written

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court house

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 14th Amendment Written

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Invention of the telephone

  • The Invention of the electric light

  • The Invention of the Plane

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Begins

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Ends

  • The Spanish American war starts

  • The Spanish American war Ends

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president