US History Timeline By nievesmaryk 1492 Columbus discovered america Period: Oct 10, 1492 to 1911 History A Timeline May 16, 1607 The settlement of Jamestown 1756 The french and indian war Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 2, 1776 The Declartion of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1781 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jacksons Election 1830 The Invention of the Telegraph 1830 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincolns Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Jacksons Impeachment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Apr 12, 1981 The Firing on Fort Sumtner