us history By jonas98989 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestow Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Part 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: 1781 to 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchas Period: 1812 to 1815 the war of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 The invention of the telegraph Period: 1831 to 1877 The Trail of Tears Period: 1837 to 1843 the panic 1837 Period: 1846 to 1848 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 .Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13thAmendments 1868 14 th Amendments 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 15th Amendments 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 invention of telaphone 1879 invention electric light Period: 1892 to 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes presiden 1903 invention of airplane