U.S History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War (Started)

  • The French and Indian War (Ended)

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown (Started)

  • The Battle of Yorktown (Ended)

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Invention of the Telegraph (Non-Electric) by Claude Chappe

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 (Started)

  • The War of 1812 (Ended)

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The First Electric Telegraph by Samuel Morse

  • The Panic of 1837 (Started)

  • The Trail of Tears (Started)

  • The Trail of Tears (Ended)

  • The Panic of 1837(Ended)

  • The Mexican-American War (Started)

  • The Mexican-American War (Ended)

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The firing of Fort Sumter (Started)

  • The Firing of Fort Sumter (Ended)

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Invention of the Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell

  • The Invention of the Electric Light by Thomas Edison

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War (Started)

  • The Spanish-American War (Ended)

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane by the Wright Brothers