US history By LoisMae Oct 12, 1492 Columbus lands in America Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Jul 2, 1914 History timeline May 13, 1607 The settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian war Dec 16, 1773 The Boston tea party Apr 19, 1775 The battle of Lexington and Concorde Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 The battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 The constitutional convention 1793 The invention of cotton gin 1798 The alien and sedition act Apr 30, 1803 The Louisiana purchase 1809 The invention of the electric light Feb 18, 1812 The war of 1812 Mar 2, 1820 The Missouri compromise Jan 8, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s election 1831 The trail of tears 1837 Invention of the telegraph 1837 The panic of 1837 Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican American war Sep 9, 1850 The compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The emancipation proclamation Jan 31, 1865 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at the Appomattox courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln‘s assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s impeachment Mar 7, 1876 The invention of the airplane Jan 2, 1882 The organization of Stanford oil trust 1892 The Pullman and homestead strikes 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Dec 17, 1903 Invention of the airplane Aug 2, 1914 World war 2 Apr 25, 1998 The Spanish American war