US History A Timeline By psivivid 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1781 The Declaration of Independence 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: 1812 to 1815 The War of 1812 1819 The Declaration of Independence 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election Period: 1837 to 1843 The Panic of 1837 Period: 1839 to 1850 The Trail of Tears 1844 The invention of the telegraph 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Period: 1862 to 1863 The Mexican-American War Period: 1862 to 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1890 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1911 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
