History Timeline By wadsworthannalee Oct 11, 1492 Columbus discovers America May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Jan 1, 1754 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 The Battle of Yorktown ended October 19, 1781 Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention Oct 28, 1793 Invention of cotton gin Jan 1, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Jan 1, 1820 Missouri Compromise Jan 1, 1828 Andrew Jackons Election Jan 1, 1830 Invention of Telegraph Jan 1, 1837 Panic of 1837 Jan 1, 1838 Trail of Tears Sep 1, 1849 Mexican - American War Ended 1848 Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Sep 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation Feb 12, 1865 Abraham Loncoln's Assination Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Jan 31, 1866 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Jan 1, 1879 Invention of the Electric light, telephone, and airplane Aug 5, 1882 Organization of Standard Oil Trust Jan 1, 1892 Pullman and Homestead Strikes Apr 1, 1898 Spanish and American War Jan 1, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
