US History A Timeline By Chase Pimentel Sep 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Dec 17, 1903 US History A timeline May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention Start Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention End 1793 Invention of the Cotton Gin Jun 18, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1809 invention of the electric light Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election 1830 invention of the telegraph started in the 30s 1831 Trail of Tears 1837 Panic of 1837 started in Spring of 1837 1840 invention of the Telegraph ended in the 40s 1840 Panic of 1837 ended in the mid 40s Apr 25, 1846 Mexican American War 1850 Compromise of 1850 September of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation proclamation Jan 31, 1865 13, 14, and 15 Amendments Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincon's assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeachment 1876 invention of the telephone Jan 2, 1882 Organization Standard Oil trust 1892 Homestead Strike 1894 Pullman Strike Apr 21, 1898 Spanish American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Dec 17, 1903 invention of the airplane