U.S. History A Timeline By faithflipslv Aug 3, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus Link text May 14, 1607 The settlement of Jamestown link text Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian war (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War) Dec 16, 1773 The 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) Period: 1776 to 1776 The Declaration of Independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence) Period: Sep 29, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown) Period: May 27, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States) 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin (http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney) Jun 18, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts (https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html) Period: Jul 4, 1803 to Oct 1, 1804 The Louisiana Purchase (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase) Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Mar 23, 1815 The War of 1812 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812) May 8, 1820 The Missouri Compromise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828) Period: 1837 to 1843 The Panic of 1837 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837) Period: 1839 to 1850 The Trail of Tears (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears) May 24, 1844 The Invention of the Telegraph (https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/) Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 (https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html) Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 14, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter) Period: Sep 22, 1862 to Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation) Period: 1865 to 1870 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments (https://www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-political-science-textbook/civil-rights-5/slavery-and-civil-rights-39/the-civil-war-amendments-222-11225/) the 13th was (1865) 14th (1868) and 15th (1870) Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln) Apr 19, 1865 Surrender st Appomattox Courthouse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House) Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson) 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil Mar 10, 1876 The Invention of the Telephone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone) 1879 The Invention of The Light Bulb (https://energy.gov/articles/history-light-bulb) Jun 30, 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Strike) Period: 1898 to 1898 The Spanish and American War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War) Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt) Dec 17, 1903 The Invention of the Airplane (https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/)