US History A Timeline By lavender.blacow Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Aug 2, 1914 US History A Timeline May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 Start of the French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Oct 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Ends May 25, 1787 Start of the Constitutional Convention Mar 14, 1794 Invention of the Cotton Gin Jul 18, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Passed Dec 20, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Completed Jun 18, 1812 Start of the War of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Passed Dec 3, 1828 Andrew Jackson Elected President May 10, 1837 Panic of 1837 Begins May 1, 1838 Trail of Tears Begins May 24, 1844 Invention of the Telegraph Demonstrated Apr 25, 1846 Start of the Mexican-American War Sep 9, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Signed into Law Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Issued Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassinated Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Ratified Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeached Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Ratified Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Ratified Mar 7, 1876 Telephone Patent Granted Oct 21, 1879 Invention of the Electric Light Jan 2, 1882 Standard Oil Trust Formed Jun 30, 1892 Homestead Strike Begins May 11, 1894 Pullman Strike Begins Apr 21, 1898 Spanish-American War Begins Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Dec 17, 1903 First Airplane Flight
