U.S. History By jadeybob24 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The Albany Plan of Union Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence! 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1801 The Louisiana Purchase Period: 1812 to 1815 The War of 1812 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1829 The Missouri Compromise Period: 1838 to 1839 The Trail of Tears 1844 The Invention of the Telegraph Period: 1849 to 1848 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th amendment 1868 14th amendment 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 15th amendment 1876 The Invention of the Telephone 1877 The End of Reconstruction 1879 The Invention of the Electric Light 1892 The Homestead Strike 1894 The Pullman Strike 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 The Invention of the Airplane