US History A Timeline

By hmacey14
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    1754 - 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence Adopted

    The Declaration of Independence began to be signed August 2, 1776.

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    September 28 - October 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

    Patent Date

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    Sedition Act becomes federal law on July 14, 1798.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    United States and France signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty.

  • The War of 1812

    June 18, 1812 - February 18, 1815

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

    May 28, 1830 - The Indian Removal Act of 1830

  • Invention of the Telegraph

    May 24, 1834 first transmitted message by Samuel F. B. Morse June 20, 1840 patent date

  • The Mexican-American War

    April 25, 1846 - February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Series of bills passed to address issues related to slavery.

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

    Passed on January 31, 1865
    Ratified on December 6, 1865

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Died April 15, 1865

  • 14th Amendment

    Passed June 13, 1866
    Ratified July 9, 1868

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

    Passed on February 26, 1869
    Ratified on February 3, 1870

  • Invention of Telephone

    March 7, 1876 patent date

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

    Patent date of light bulb - January 27, 1880

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    Date agreement was signed

  • The Homestead Strike

    July 6, 1892 - November 21, 1892

  • The Pullman Strike

    May 11, 1894 - July 20, 1894

  • Spanish-American War

    April 21, 1898 - December 10, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909

  • Invention of Airplane by The Wright Brothers