U.S. History A Timeline By MishMash123 Oct 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas (Bahamas) May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown founded May 28, 1754 Start of French and Indian War (Battle of Jumonville Glen) Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord (start of Revolutionary War) Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence adopted Oct 19, 1781 British surrender at Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia Mar 14, 1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts signed into law by President John Adams Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase treaty signed (official transfer on December 20, 1803) Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 begins Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise signed into law Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson elected president 1831 Trail of Tears 1837 Samuel Morse patents the telegraph May 10, 1837 Panic of 1837 begins with New York banks suspending specie payments Apr 25, 1846 Mexican-American War begins Sep 9, 1850 Compromise of 1850 signed into law Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln Apr 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated Dies on April 15, 1865 Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment ratified Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson impeached by the House Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment ratified Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment ratified Mar 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell makes first successful telephone call Oct 21, 1879 Thomas Edison successfully tests practical electric light bulb 1882 Standard Oil Trust organized Jul 6, 1892 Homestead Strike violence peaks 1894 Pullman Strike Apr 25, 1898 Spanish-American War begins Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after McKinley’s assassination Dec 17, 1903 Wright brothers’ first powered airplane flight at Kitty Hawk
