US history timeline

By Joemama727262
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown (surrender of Cornwallis)

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin (Eli Whitney)

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears (forced removals)

  • The invention of the telegraph (Samuel Morse)

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter (Civil War begins)

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse