us history By bellawastaken Aug 3, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus Apr 13, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 the french and indian war 1772 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1773 the boston tea party 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1776 he Constitutional Convention 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1788 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1806 he invention of the electric light, the telephone, and the airplane 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1822 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1833 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1844 The invention of the telegraph 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1864 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1893 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president