Discovery of America to aeroplane inventions By Emma&M 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers America Period: 1492 to 1906 Discovery of America to aeroplane inventions 1607 Jamestown is settled Jan 1, 1754 Start of the Indian and French War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Aug 2, 1776 Signing of the Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown begins Oct 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown ends May 25, 1787 Start of The Constitutional Convention Sep 17, 1787 End of The Constitutional Convention 1793 The cotton gin is invented 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts are passed 1803 Louisiana Purchased from France Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 starts Feb 17, 1815 The War of 1812 ends Mar 6, 1820 Signing of the Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1828 Presidential election of Andrew Jackson 1830 The telegraph is being developed 1830 Native Americans begin to be forced to move to areas west of the Mississippi River 1837 The Panic of 1837 begins 1840 A working telegraph is invented 1844 Conclusion of The Great Depression emerges Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War begins Feb 3, 1848 The Mexican-American War concludes 1850 Trail of Tears begins to end 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter - Start of The Civil War Jan 1, 1863 Signing of The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Standard Oil Trust formed Jan 31, 1865 13th Amendment passed by Congress Apr 9, 1865 Confederate's Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Assassination of American President Abraham Lincoln Feb 24, 1868 Commencement of President Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment ratified 1876 Alexander Graham Bell gains a patent for the telephone 1880 Thomas Edison patents an electric light bulb Jun 30, 1892 Homestead Strike begins May 11, 1894 Pullman Strike begins 1898 Spanish-American War fought 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes America's 26th president May 22, 1906 First aeroplane patented by the Wright brothers