The Discovery of America by Columbus By Aiden J E1 Period: 1492 to 1942 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1589 The Settlement of Jamestown 1752 The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Declaration of Independence 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1779 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1793 The invention of the cotton gin 1796 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1836 The Panic 1837 The invention of the telegraph 1838 The Trail of Tears 1845 The Mexican-American War 1849 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1862 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes (Pullman: 1894, Homestead: 1892) 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt became president 1903 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane (Light: 1879, Telephone: 1876, Airplane: 1903)