history By buckoadfelix Aug 3, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1670 The Settlement of Jamestown May 14 1607 1754 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown May 27, 1787 Constitutional Convention Mar 14, 1794 Invention of the cotton gin Jun 18, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1812 War of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson's election 1837 Panic of 1837 1838 Trail of Tears May 24, 1844 Invention of Telegraph Apr 25, 1846 Mexican American War Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Sep 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation Apr 9, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's impeachment 1870 Organization of the standard oil trust Feb 3, 1870 13. 14, and 15 amendments Mar 10, 1876 Invention of the telephone 1879 Invention of the electric light Jun 30, 1892 Pullman and Homestead strikes 1898 Theodore Roosevelt becomes the President 1898 Spanish American War Dec 17, 1930 Invention of the airplane