U.S History By erickabney Aug 3, 1492 Columbus Discovered America www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm May 4, 1607 The James town settlement http://www.historyisfun.org/sites/jamestown-chronicles/timeline.html Period: May 28, 1754 to Feb 10, 1736 French and Indian War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-french-and-indian-war-ends Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party Apr 19, 1775 The battle of Lexington and Concord http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/fascinating-facts/ Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown https://www.google.com/#q=the+battle+of+yorktown+dates Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention http://www.shmoop.com/constitutional-convention/timeline.html Mar 14, 1794 Invention of Cotton Gin https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/museum/eli-whitney/cotton-gin Jun 18, 1798 Alien and Sedition acts http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adams-passes-first-of-alien-and-sedition-acts Apr 30, 1801 Louisiana Purchase https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=18 Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 War of 1812 http://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812 Mar 22, 1820 Missouri Compromise http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-passes-the-missouri-compromise Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election http://millercenter.org/president/biography/jackson-campaigns-and-elections Period: Mar 14, 1837 to Mar 28, 1842 Panic of 1837 https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/democracy-in-america-1815-1840-12/the-van-buren-administration-107/the-panic-of-1837-576-6968/ Jan 6, 1838 Telegraph Invention http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/morse-demonstrates-telegraph Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 Mexican-American War http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 The firing of fort sumter http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ Period: Sep 22, 1862 to Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/emancipation-150/10-facts.html Jan 1, 1863 Standard Oil trust http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1804.html Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house Apr 14, 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=40 Mar 13, 1868 Andrew Jackson's Impeachment http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senate-hears-impeachment-charges-against-andrew-johnson Jul 28, 1868 14th amendment http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_revised_1.html Feb 3, 1870 15th amendment https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=44 Mar 10, 1876 Telephone is invented http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell Nov 24, 1879 Electric light http://www.livescience.com/43424-who-invented-the-light-bulb.html May 31, 1890 Homestead and Pullman strike http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/strikes.html Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt President http://blog.oup.com/2013/09/theodore-roosevelt-becomes-president-september-14-1901/ Dec 17, 1903 Airplane is invented https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/