U.S History By Sydney T 1492 1- The discovery of america by columbus 1607 2- The settlement of Jamestown 1763 3- The French and Indian war 1773 4- The Boston Tea party 1775 5- The battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 6- The Declaration of Independence 1781 7- The Battle of Yorktown 1784 8- The Constitutional Convention 1793 10- The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 9- The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 11- The Louisiana Purchase 1812 12- The War of 1812 1828 14- Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 15- The invention of the telegraph 1837 17- The Panic of 1837 1838 16- The Trail of Tears 1846 18- The Mexican-American War 1850 19- The Compromise of 1850 1850 13- The Missouri Compromise 1861 20- The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 21- The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 22- Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 23- Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 24- 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1866 28- The Spanish-American War 1868 25- Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 26- The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1879 30- The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1892 27- The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1901 29-Theodore Roosevelt becomes president