US History A Timeline By Hollahonl 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus Period: 1492 to Nov 11, 1918 US History A Timeline 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1662 The Emancipation Proclamation 1754 The French and Indian War 1773 The 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 Inenvention of the Cotten Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election 1830 The Invention of the Telegraph 1837 The Panic of 1837 1838 The Trial of Tears 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincon's Assassination 1865 13th Amendment 1868 14th Amendment 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment 1876 The Invention of the Telephone 1879 The Invention of The Electric Light 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1886 The Pullman and Homstead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President 1903 The Invention of the Airplane