U.S. History Timeline 2017

By eksmiles22
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    The war ended in the year 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The battle began on the night of April 18 and ended the next day

  • The Declaration of Independence

    It was later transposed onto paper on July 4,1776

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The battle ended on October 18, 1781 therafter

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts Date

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

    The trail of tears ended in the year 1850

  • The Mexican-American War

    This was the start date

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Ammendments

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assasination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electric Light Bulb

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    The war ended on August 12

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane