U.S. History Events

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    Events

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • Period: to

    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Period: to

    Constitutional Convention

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Invention of Cotton Gin

  • Period: to

    War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Period: to

    The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • Period: to

    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Period: to

    Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Period: to

    The Firing of Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomatox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Election