US History timeline

Aug 3, 1492

The Discovery of America by Columbus

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm
Dec 6, 1606

The Settlement of Jamestown

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm
Period: 1754 to 1763

The French and Indian War
Dec 16, 1773

The Boston Tea Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party
Apr 16, 1775

The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Jul 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independence
Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781

The Battle of Yorktown

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins
Period: May 27, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787

The Constitutional Convention
Mar 14, 1794

The invention of the cotton gin

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney
1798

The Alien and Sedition Acts

http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp
1801

The Louisiana Purchase
Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815

The War of 1812

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
1819

The Missouri Compromise

http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise
Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828

Andrew Jackson’s Election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828
1830

The invention of the telegraph
Period: 1831 to 1850

The Trail of Tears

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears
Period: 1837 to 1843

The Panic of 1837

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837
Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

The Mexican-American War
1850

The Compromise of 1850

The Discovery of America by Columbus