US History By asaynoah Period: 1492 to 1914 US History Period: 1492 to 1914 time span of first semester Aug 3, 1492 Columbus May 13, 1607 Jamestown 1754 french and Indian war started Dec 16, 1773 Boston tea party May 19, 1775 the battle of lexington and concord Jul 2, 1776 declaration of independents Aug 27, 1776 the battle for new york 1787 constitutional convention Mar 14, 1794 cotton gin Jun 18, 1798 alien and sedition acts 1803 the Louisiana purchase 1812 war of 1812 1820 Missouri compromise 1829 Andrew jackson president 1837 the panic of 1837 1838 trail of tears Apr 25, 1846 the Mexican American war Jul 29, 1850 compromise of 1850 1861 battle of fort sumpter Sep 22, 1862 emancipation proclamation 1865 13th Apr 9, 1865 serenader of Appomattox court house 1868 14th amendment Mar 5, 1868 impeachment of Andrew Jackson 1870 15th amendment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Mar 10, 1876 invention of the telephone 1879 the invention of the electric light 1893 the homestead strike 1894 The Pullman railroad strike 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Dec 17, 1903 invention of the airpalne
