US History A Timeline By ZeldaWaffle 1492 Discovery of America 1607 Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War Begins 1763 The French and Indian War Ends 1773 Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence 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 Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 Starts 1815 The War of 1812 Ends 1819 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Presidential Election 1831 The Trail of Tears Begins 1837 The Invention of the Telegraph 1837 Panic of 1837 Begins 1843 The Panic of 1837 Ends 1846 The Mexican-American War Starts 1848 The Mexican-American War Ends 1850 The Trail of Tears is Ended 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Standard Oil Trust is Formed 1865 The 13th Amendment Passed Apr 9, 1865 The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1868 The 14th Amendment Passed 1868 The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 1870 The 13th Amendment Passed 1876 The Invention of the Telephone 1878 The Invention of the Electric Light 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President 1903 The Invention of the Airplane