Us History A Timeline

The Settlement of Jamestown

May 14, 1607

https://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement/history-jamestown/

The French and Indian War

Period: 1754 to 1763

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord

The Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/

The Battle of Yorktown

Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins

The Constitutional Convention

Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/creating-a-nation/a/the-constitutional-convention

The invention of the cotton gin

1793

https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney

The Alien and Sedition Acts

1798

http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp#targetText=A%20series%20of%20laws%20known,for%20new%20immigrants%20to%20vote.

The Louisiana Purchase

1803

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/louisiana-purchase

The War of 1812

Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815

https://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812/war-of-1812

The Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/missouri-compromise#targetText=The%20Missouri%20Compromise%20was%20an,divided%20between%20slave%20and%20free.

Andrew Jackson's Election

Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828

https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1828

The Trail of Tears

Period: 1831 to 1877

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears

The Panic of 1837

Period: 1837 to 1843

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1837

The Mexican-American War

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war/mexican-american-war

The Compromise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/compromise-of-1850

The Firing on Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-sumter#targetText=Early%20in%20the%20morning%20of,was%20evacuated%20the%20next%20day.

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation

13th Amendment

1865

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=40

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Apr 15, 1865

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination

14th Amendment

1868

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv

Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

Feb 24, 1868

https://www.nps.gov/articles/why-was-andrew-johnson-impeached.htm#targetText=The%20impeachment%20of%20President%20Andrew,of%20the%20American%20Civil%20War.&targetText=The%20Tenure%20of%20Office%20Act,without%20the%20consent%20of%20Congress.

15th Amendment

1870

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment

The Organization of Standard Oil Trust was Founded

1870

https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1804.html

The Invention of the Telegraph

1873

https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/

The invention of the telephone

Mar 10, 1876

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_telephone_1.html#targetText=They%20were%20spoken%20by%20Alexander,I%20want%20to%20see%20you.%22

The invention of the electric light

Oct 14, 1878

https://www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx#targetText=In%201878%2C%20Thomas%20Edison%20began,%22Improvement%20In%20Electric%20Lights%22.

The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

Jul 1, 1892

https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/homestead-strike

The Spanish-American War

Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Aug 13, 1898

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

Sep 14, 1901

https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore-roosevelt

The invention of the airplane

Dec 17, 1903

https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/wright-brothers

The Discovery of America by Columbus

1942

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm