U.S history A timeline By Allotherideaswheretaken Period: 1492 BCE to Sep 14, 1901 Timespan from 1492-1901 Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discovered America May 13, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 French and Indian war Dec 16, 1773 Boston tea party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 Constitutional convention(began) Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional convention(end) Oct 28, 1793 Invention of the cotton gin Jun 18, 1798 Alien and sedition act Jan 1, 1802 Invention of the electric light (I could not find exact month and day only year Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana purchase Jun 18, 1812 The war of 1812(begins) Feb 17, 1815 The war of 1812(ends) Mar 2, 1820 Missouri compromise Mar 4, 1829 Andrew Jackson election May 10, 1837 Panic of 1837 May 23, 1838 Trail of tears May 24, 1844 Invention of the telegraph Apr 25, 1846 Mexican-American war Sep 9, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing of fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation proclamation Jan 31, 1865 13th,14th, and 15th amendment passed Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s impeachment Mar 7, 1876 Invention of the telephone Jan 2, 1882 Organization of standard oil trust May 11, 1894 Pullman and homestead strikes Apr 21, 1898 Spanish-American war Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Dec 17, 1903 Invention of the airplane