history class timeline By tricksta0829 Aug 3, 1492 columbus discovers america May 14, 1607 jamestown settled Period: Jan 1, 1754 to Jan 1, 1763 french and indian war Dec 17, 1773 boston tea party Apr 19, 1775 battle of lexington and the concord Jul 4, 1776 the declaration of independence is signed Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 battle of yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 constitutional convention Oct 28, 1793 invention of the cotton gin Jan 1, 1798 alien and sedition acts Jan 1, 1803 louisiana purchase Jun 18, 1812 war of 1812 Jan 1, 1820 missouri comprimise Jan 1, 1828 andrew jackson is elected president Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1840 telegraph invented Jan 1, 1837 the panic of 1837 Period: Jan 1, 1838 to Jan 1, 1839 the trail of tears Period: Jan 1, 1846 to Jan 1, 1848 mexican american war Jan 29, 1850 compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 firing on fort sumter Sep 22, 1862 emancipation proclomation Jan 31, 1865 13th 14th and 15th ammendments passed Apr 9, 1865 surrender at appomattox Apr 15, 1865 abraham lincoln assassinated Feb 24, 1868 andrew johnson is impeached Jan 1, 1870 organization of standard oil trust is formed Period: Jan 1, 1879 to Jan 1, 1903 the light bulb, telephone, and airplane are invented Jan 1, 1892 pullman and homestead strikes Apr 1, 1898 spanish american war Jan 1, 1904 theodore rosevelt is elected president