discovery By sdakjuyfiawld 1492 the discovery of america 1607 the settlement of jamestown 1754 French and India war 1773 Boston tea party 1775 battle of lexington 1776 declaration of independence 1781 battle of yorktown 1787 constitution convention 1793 cotton gin 1798 the alien act 1803 Louisiana purchase 1812 war of 1812 1820 Missouri compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson 1835 panic of 1837 1837 telegraph 1838 trail of tears 1846 Mexican war 1850 the compramise 1861 firing fort 1863 emancipation 1865 Appomattox courthouse 1865 Abraham death 1865 amendments 1868 Andrew Johnson impeachment 1882 standard oil trust 1894 the pullman 1898 Spanish American war 1901 Theodore becomes president