timeline By asherandrus123321 Oct 12, 1490 discovery of America May 14, 1607 settlement of jamestown May 28, 1751 French and Indian war Apr 19, 1773 battles of Lexington and concord Dec 16, 1773 Boston tea party Jul 4, 1776 declaration of indapendence Sep 28, 1781 battle of yorktown May 25, 1785 constitutinal convention Mar 14, 1794 invention of the cotton gin Jul 14, 1796 alian enemies act Jun 18, 1798 alian act Jun 18, 1798 naturalization act Jul 14, 1798 sedation act Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana purchase Jun 18, 1812 war of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 Missouri compromise Oct 31, 1828 andrew Jackson's election Mar 17, 1834 panic of 1837 May 23, 1835 trail of tears Jan 6, 1836 invention of telagraph May 13, 1846 Mexican American war Sep 18, 1850 compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 firing on fort sumter Jan 1, 1863 emancipation proclamation Apr 15, 1864 abraham Lincoln's assassination Apr 9, 1865 surrender at Appomattox courthouse Dec 6, 1865 13th ammendment Feb 24, 1868 andrew johnsons impeachment Jul 9, 1868 14th ammendment Feb 3, 1870 15th ammendment Mar 7, 1876 telephone patented Dec 31, 1879 electric light bulb Jan 10, 1881 standard oil trust organised Jun 6, 1892 labor strikes Apr 21, 1898 spainish American war Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Dec 17, 1903 airplane first flown