US History A Timeline By ariahupwall Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 13, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Period: May 28, 1754 to Feb 10, 1763 French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 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 Battle of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 Conventional Convention Mar 14, 1794 Cotton Gin invention Period: Jul 14, 1798 to Dec 13, 1802 Alien and Sedition acts Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 17, 1815 War of 1812 Mar 2, 1820 Missouri compromise Period: Oct 21, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 The Andrew Jackson election Period: 1831 to 1850 Trail of Tears Period: 1837 to 1840 The panic of 1837 May 24, 1844 Invention of the telegraph Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American war Sep 9, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 Firing on fort sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Jan 31, 1865 13th amendment passed Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at appomattox Courthouse Jun 8, 1866 14th amendment passed Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeachment Feb 26, 1869 15th amendment passed Mar 7, 1876 The invention of the telephone Jan 27, 1880 Electric light invention Jan 2, 1882 Organization of the Standard Oil Trust Period: Jun 30, 1892 to Jul 6, 1892 Homestead strike Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894 Pullman strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish-American war Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becoming president Dec 17, 1903 The invention of airplanes