My timeline of early America By Pancakemaster 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1492 Period: 1492 to 1903 America early on http://www.timetoast.com 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown May3 1607 1754 The French and Indian War 1754 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1773 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1776 1781 The Battle of Yorktown September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781 1787 The Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787 1794 The invention of the cotton gin March 14, 1794 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1803 1812 The War of 1812 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1820 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1828 1830 The invention of the telegraph 1830 1831 The Trail of Tears 1831 1837 The Panic of 1837 1837 1846 The Mexican-American War 1846 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1861 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1863/1868 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1865-1870 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1868 1876 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane Electric light 1878, Telephone 1876, Airplane 1903. 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1892-1907 1898 The Spanish-American War 1898 1912 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1912