History A Timeline By tjsoulier Oct 12, 1492 Columbus Discovers America May 13, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown 1754 French/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 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention 1794 Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts 1802 Invention of the Electric Light 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Mar 2, 1820 Missouri Compromise Oct 31, 1828 Election of Andrew Jackson 1831 Trail of Tears 1837 Invention of the Telegraph 1837 Panic of 1837 Apr 25, 1846 Mexican/American War Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at the Appomattox Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincolns Assassination 1868 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment Feb 14, 1876 Invention of the Telephone 1882 Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1892 Homestead Strike 1894 Pullman Strike 1898 Spanish-American War 1902 Theodore Roosevelt is Elected President Dec 17, 1903 Invention of the Airplane