History By MrM3l0n Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to 1763 French & Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington & Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention 1794 Cotton Gin Invented 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 War of 1812 1820 Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson Elected Period: 1830 to 1840 Telegraph Invented Period: 1831 to 1877 Trail of Tears Period: 1837 to 1843 Panic of 1837 Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 Mexican American War Jan 19, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Period: 1865 to 1870 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments Passed Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court House Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln's Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeached Period: 1876 to 1903 Invention of Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane Period: 1892 to 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Became President