US History Timeline

Discovery of America by Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

US History Timeline

Period: Oct 12, 1492 to 1903

US History Timeline

Period: Oct 12, 1492 to 1903

Settlement of Jamestown

May 14, 1607

French and Indian War

1754

From 1754-1763

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Battle of Yorktown

Sep 28, 1781

Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781

Constitutional Convention

May 25, 1787

May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787

Invention of the Cotton Gin

1793

Alien and Sedition Acts

1798

Louisiana Purchase

1803

War of 1812

Jun 18, 1812

Jun 18, 1812 – Feb 18, 1815

Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

Andrew Jackson’s Election

1828

Invention of the Telegraph

1830

1830-1840s

Trail of Tears

1831

1831 – 1877

Panic of 1837

1837

1837 – 1843

Mexican-American War

Apr 25, 1846

Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848

Compromise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

Firing on Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 13, 1861

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Organization of Standard Oil Trust

1863

Formed in 1863 by John D. Rockefeller. In 1870, the company was renamed Standard Oil Company.

13th Amendment

1865

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Apr 15, 1865

14th Amendment

1868

1868

Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

Feb 24, 1868

15th Amendent

1870

Invention of the Telephone

1876

Invention of the Electric Light

Oct 14, 1878

Homestead Strikes

Jun 30, 1892

Jun 30, 1892 – Jul 6, 1892

Pullman Strikes

May 11, 1894

May 11 to July 20, 1894

Spanish-American War

Apr 21, 1898

Apr 21, 1898 – Aug 13, 1898

Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

1901

Invention of Airplanes

Dec 17, 1903