US History Timeline

By Reed L
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sails to America

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    US history

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    September 28-October 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

    May 25- September 17, 1787

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    April 3-July 4, 1803

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    1830-1838

  • The Panic of 1837

    1837-1842

  • The Mexican-American War

    April 25, 1846-February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    September 22, 1862-January 1, 1863

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    between 1865 and 1870

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    June 30-July 6, 1892

  • The Spanish-American War

    April-August 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane