Aden - US History Timeline 1 By jolteon42 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention 1793 Invention of the cotton gin Jul 6, 1798 The Alien Enemies Act Jul 14, 1798 Sedition Act Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 17, 1815 War of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election Period: 1831 to 1850 Trail of Tears 1837 Invention of the telegraph May 10, 1837 Panic of 1837 Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 3, 1848 Mexican-American War Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Sep 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appamottox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination 1868 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment 1876 Invention of the telephone 1879 Invention of the electric light Jan 2, 1882 Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1884 Theodore Roosevelt becomes President Period: Apr 25, 1892 to Aug 12, 1892 Spanish-American War Period: Jul 1, 1892 to Nov 20, 1892 Homestead Strike Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894 Pullman Strike Dec 17, 1903 Invention of the airplane