US History By Lizzie07 Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Mar 4, 1909 American History timeline Oct 13, 1492 The Discovery Of America By Collumbus May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 The French and Indian war Dec 16, 1773 the Boston tea party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Aug 2, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Contention Oct 28, 1793 The Convention of the Cotton gin Jul 6, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1802 Electric light Apr 30, 1803 the Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 Mar 6, 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election Period: 1831 to 1850 The Trial of Tears 1832 The invention of the Telegraph Period: 1837 to 1840 The Panic of 1837 Begins in Spring Ends Mid Spring Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican War Period: 1850 to Jun 28, 1864 The Compromise of 1850 Jan 1, 1860 The Emancipation Procalamtion Apr 12, 1861 The firing on Fort Sumter 4:30 am Apr 14, 1863 Abraham Lincolns Assassination Period: 1865 to 1870 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Apr 19, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1866 Telephone Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1882 The organization of the standard oil Trust 1888 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Apr 21, 1889 The Spanish-American War Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909 Theodore Rosevelt 1903 Airplane