History timeline 1

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    History Timeline

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The War of 1812

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jacksons Election

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • Mexican American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • 13th 14th and 15th Amendments

  • Abraham Lincolns Assassination

  • Andrew Johnsons Impeachment

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • Spanish American War

  • Invention of the Airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President