us history By boben120 1428 · Andrew Jackson’s Election 1492 the discovery of amarica Period: 1492 to 1903 us history 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1793 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1805 The invention of the electric light 1812 · The War of 1820 · The Missouri Compromise 1830 · The invention of the telegraph 1831 · The Trail of Tears 1837 · The Panic of 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 · The Compromise of 1861 · The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 · The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 · Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 · Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1868 · Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 · The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1875 The invention of the telephone 1896 · The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 · The Spanish-American War 1903 The invention of the areplaine 1912 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes president