A very long history By TheGuyYouKnow 1492 Columbus lands in the Americas Period: 1492 to 1914 US History 1607 Jamestown was established 1754 The French and Indian War 1754 The Albany Plan of Union 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convection 1793 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition acts 1801 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1832 Andrew Jackson's Election 1838 The Trail of Tears 1844 The invention of the telegraph 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1854 The Missouri Compromise 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclaimation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assasination 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1870 The 13th, 14th, and 15th Ammendments 1876 The invention of the telephone 1877 The end of Reconstruction 1879 The invention of the electric light 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes President 1903 The invention of the airplane