US History A Timeline By ryweglauutah Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 French and Indian War Begins 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 May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention Begins Mar 14, 1793 Invention of the Cotton Gin Jun 25, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Begins Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Nov 4, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election May 10, 1837 The Panic of 1837 Jan 6, 1838 The invention of the telegraph May 26, 1838 The Trail of Tears Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War Sep 9, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Dec 6, 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Mar 10, 1876 Invention of the telephone Oct 21, 1879 The invention of the electric light Jan 2, 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Jun 30, 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish-American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Dec 17, 1903 Wright brothers’ first flight