US History A Timeline By Tiannah Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Sep 14, 1903 US History A Timeline May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 The French and Indian War start Feb 10, 1763 The French and Indian War end Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Oct 28, 1793 The invention of the cotton gin Jun 18, 1796 The Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 start Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 finish Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Oct 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election May 28, 1831 The Trail of Tears start May 10, 1837 The Panic of 1837 Mar 24, 1839 The Trail of Tears finsh May 24, 1844 The invention of the telegraph Feb 3, 1845 The Mexican-American War end Apr 18, 1846 The Mexican-American War start Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter start Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Jan 31, 1865 13th Amendment Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1866 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Feb 25, 1869 15th amendment 1876 telephone invention 1879 first electric light Jan 2, 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Jul 1, 1892 Homestead strike May 11, 1894 pullman strike Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish-American War start Dec 10, 1898 The Spanish-American War end Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Dec 17, 1903 Airplane invention