Daniel Checketts U.S. History Timeline By JALoZF 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus. 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown. Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War. 1773 The Boston Tea Party. 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord. 1776 The Declaration of Independence was Signed. 1781 The Battle of Yorktown. 1787 The Constitutional Convention. 1793 The Invention of the Cotton Gin. 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts. 1803 The Louisiana Purchase. Period: 1812 to 1815 The War of 1812. 1820 The Missouri Compromise. 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election. 1831 The Trail of Tears. Period: 1837 to 1843 The Panic of 1837. 1844 The Invention of the Telegraph. Period: 1846 to 1848 The Mexican-American War. 1850 The Compromise of 1850. 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter. 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation. 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust. 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination. 1865 13th Amendment. 1868 14th Amendment. 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment. 1869 15th Amendment. 1876 The Invention of the Telephone. 1878 The Invention of the Electric Light. Period: 1892 to 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes. 1898 The Spanish-American War. 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President. 1903 The Invention of the Airplane.