US History A Timeline By TooManyChickens 1492 The Discovery of America 1607 Settlement of Jamestown 1607 Settlement of Jamestown 1754 French and Indian war 1754 French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independance Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention 1794 Invention of Cotton Gin 1794 Invention of Cotton Gin Jul 6, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Passed Apr 30, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1812 War of 1812 1812 War of 1812 Mar 2, 1820 Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson Elected 1831 Trail of Tears 1837 Panic of 1837 1843 Telegraph Invented Apr 25, 1846 Mexican American War 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing at Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Standard Oil Trust Organized Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court House Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassination Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Passed Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeachment Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Passed Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Passed Mar 7, 1876 Telephone Invented 1879 Electric Light Invented 1892 Homestead Strike 1894 Pullman Strike Apr 21, 1898 Spanish American War Dec 17, 1903 Invention of Airplane 1904 Theodore Roosevelt Elected