US History Timeline

By arvonnieder@gmail.com
  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    US History Timeline A

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War Begins

  • The French and Indian War Ends

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown Begins

  • The Battle of Yorktown Ends

  • The Constitutional Convention Starts

  • The Constitutional Convention Ends

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 starts

  • The War of 1812 ends

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

    ended in 1840's

  • The Trail of Tears

    ended in 1877

  • The Panic of 1837

    ended in 1843

  • The Mexican-American War starts

  • The Mexican-American War ends

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

    Passed by congress on this date, and ratified on December 6, 1865.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

    ratified on this date

  • 15th Amendment

    Passed by Congress on this date, and ratified on February 3, 1870,

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    ceased operations in 1911

  • The Invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Homestead Strike

    ended on November 20 of the same year

  • The Pullman Strike

    ended July 20 of the same year

  • The Spanish-American War starts

  • The Spanish-American War ends

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    service ended 1909

  • The invention of the airplane