US History A Timeline By CandyKitKat 1492 Columbus Discovers America Period: 1492 to 1903 US History A Timeline 1607 Jamestown is Founded Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War 1773 The Bosten Tea Party 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: 1781 to 1781 The Battle of Yorktown Period: 1787 to 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1793 The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 17, 1814 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election Period: 1830 to 1850 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 Period: 1846 to 1848 The Mexican-American War 1849 The Invention of the Telegraph 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1868 14th Amendment 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment Period: 1870 to 1911 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 Invention of the Telephone Period: 1892 to 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1897 Invention of Electric Light Period: 1898 to 1898 The Spanish-American War Period: 1901 to 1909 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1906 Invention of the Plane