U.S. history By Quinn Coch. Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of america May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to Feb 10, 1763 French and Indian war Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party (BTP) Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington & Concord Aug 2, 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Mar 14, 1794 Invention of the cotton gin Jul 6, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 Signing of the Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 The war of 1812 Mar 2, 1820 Missouri compromise Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s election Period: May 28, 1830 to Mar 24, 1839 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1843 Invention of the telegraph Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War Sep 18, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Period: 1865 to 1870 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court house Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Mar 7, 1879 Invention of the telephone Period: Jul 1, 1892 to Nov 22, 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 The Spanish-American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president