US History A Timeline By Sydney Burn Oct 12, 1492 The Founding of America by Columbus May 13, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin Jun 18, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election Period: 1831 to 1877 The Trail of Tears Period: 1837 to 1843 The Panic of 1837 May 24, 1844 The Invention of the Telegraph Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust The oil trust formed in 1863, was built up in 1868 and became the largest in 1870. Jan 31, 1865 Thirteenth Amendment Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincolns Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Jul 9, 1868 Fourteenth Amendment Feb 3, 1870 Fifteenth Amendment Feb 14, 1876 The Invention of the Telephone 1879 The Invention of the electric light Period: Jul 1, 1892 to Nov 2, 1892 The Pullman and Home-stead Strikes Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 The Spanish-American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Dec 17, 1903 The Invention of the Airplane
The oil trust formed in 1863, was built up in 1868 and became the largest in 1870.
