US American History Bulletin Board Timeline-Explorers to Reconstruction

This listing is for a printable US/American History Timeline Bulletin Board Wall Display. It includes events from the Explorers to Reconstruction. If you need beyond Reconstruction, please check out my other listings. This is super easy to use. Simply print and display. Events are in order and line up easily. You can eliminate any event you do not wish to include. Events are based on what we teach in Georgia in grades 3rd-5th. I have added an editable file that allows you to create matching pages if you need to add additional events to the timeline. Please see the list below of all of the events listed on the timeline.

I use this in my classroom as a wall display that stays up all year long. It is posted above my bulletin boards. I frequently refer to it during my teaching to help students understand how the events relate to one another. It also works well as review materials at the end of the year. My students love reading through the timeline and previewing the events that we will be learning as well as reviewing the time periods we have already studied.

One feature of this timeline is the color-coded centuries. Each century is a different color so students can easily see the different events in each century.

This listing includes:

Explorers

• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Vasco Nunez Balboa
• Jacques Cartier
• Hernando de Soto
• Henry Hudson

Settlements

• Jamestown Settlement
• The 13 colonies - Listed as one event and each one listed individually
• Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock

The French and Indian War

The Stamp Act

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Tea Party

Paul Revere's Ride

The Revolutionary War

• The Revolutionary War begins
• Battles of Lexington and Concord
• The Revolutionary War ends

The Declaration of Independence adopted

The American Flag

The Articles of the Confederation

George Washington becomes the first President of the US
Bill of Rights

Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin

The Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

The War of 1812

The Star Spangled Banner

Battle of the Alamo

The Trail of Tears

The Oregon Trail

Texas becomes a State

Frederick Douglass and the North Star

Elizabeth Cady Stanton held the first Woman's Rights Convention

The California Gold Rush

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom's Cabin

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

Abraham Lincoln takes office

The Civil War

• The Civil War begins
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• General Sherman's March to the Sea
• The Civil War ends

The Emancipation Proclamation

The 13th Amendment

The 14th Amendment

The 15th Amendment

Reconstruction ERA

Freedmen's Bureau

Purchase of Alaska

Susan B. Anthony forms the National Woman's Suffrage Association

Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

The Battle of Little Bighorn

Jim Crow begin

The American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton

Also include template to add your own additional events - editable!

Make sure you check out My Science Displays - Display your topics - perfect to leave up all year!