American History By Atlas_Fontain Oct 12, 1492 Columbus Discovers America May 13, 1607 Jamestown is settled 1756 The French and Indian war Begins 1763 French and Indian war ends Dec 6, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Aug 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Ends Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Begins May 27, 1787 Constitutional Convention Begins Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention Ends Mar 14, 1794 Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin Jun 18, 1798 The Alien and Sedation Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchace Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Begins Feb 18, 1815 War of 1812 ends Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri compromise Nov 2, 1832 Andrew Jackson's Election 1837 The Panic of 1837 1838 Trail of tears Begins 1839 Trail of tears ends 1844 Telegraph Invented Apr 25, 1846 Mexican American War begins Feb 2, 1848 Mexican American War Ends 1850 The compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The firing on fort Sumter (Beginning of the Civil War) Jan 1, 1863 The emancipation proclamation 1865 The 13th amendment Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse (End of the Civil War) Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination 1868 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Mar 10, 1876 The telephone Invented Oct 14, 1878 Invention of the eletric light May 30, 1892 The Homestead Strike May 11, 1894 The Pullman Srtike Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish American War Begins Aug 13, 1898 The Spanish American War ends Dec 17, 1903 The airplane Is invented Nov 8, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt Elected President