History A By _Ava 1492 1492, Columbus discovers america 1607 The settlement of jamestown 1754 The French and Indian war Period: 1773 to 1773 Boston tea party 1775 The battle of Lexington and concord 1776 The declaration of independence 1781 The battle of yorktown Period: 1786 to 1789 The constitutional convention Period: 1793 to 1794 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition acts 1803 The lousiana purchase Period: 1812 to 1815 The war of 1812 1814 The Missouri compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's election 1831 The trail of tears 1832 Invention of the telegraph 1837 The panic of 1837 Period: 1846 to 1848 The Mexican-American war Period: 1847 to 1876 Invention of the Telephone 1850 The compromise of 1850 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1863 The firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The emancipation proclimation Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Lincolns assasinaton Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johns impeachment 1879 The invention of the electric lightbulb Period: 1882 to 1911 The Organization of the standard oil trust Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 The spanish-american war Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Dec 17, 1903 The invention of the airplane