U.S. history timeline By ethanpfile03 1492 discovery of america by colombus 1607 settlement of jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War 1773 Boston Tea Party 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 Declaration of Independence 1781 Battle of yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1801 The louisiana purchase 1809 The Invention of The Telegraph 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jacksons Election 1837 The Panic of 1837 1838 The Trail of tears 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1862 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1868 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1899 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president