US History A Timeline By Anissa Velasquez Period: Aug 3, 1488 to Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery Of America By Columbus Period: May 14, 1607 to Jun 7, 1610 The Settlement Of Jamestown Period: May 28, 1754 to Feb 10, 1763 The French And Indian War Period: Apr 19, 1755 to Apr 19, 1775 The Battle Of Lexington And Concord Period: Dec 16, 1773 to Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Period: Jul 2, 1776 to Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration Of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle Of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1786 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Period: Oct 28, 1793 to Mar 3, 1794 The Invention Of The Cotton Gin Period: Jul 14, 1798 to Mar 3, 1801 The Alien And Sedition Acts Period: Apr 30, 1802 to Dec 20, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: Oct 26, 1824 to Dec 2, 1805 Andrew Jackson's Election Period: May 28, 1833 to Mar 26, 1839 The Trail Of Tears Period: May 10, 1837 to 1848 The Panic Of 1837 Period: May 24, 1844 to May 24, 1844 The Invention Of The Telegraph Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War Period: Jan 29, 1850 to Sep 18, 1850 The Compromise Of 1850 Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jun 19, 1865 The Emancipation Proclamation Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1856 The Firing On Fort Sumter Period: Jan 31, 1865 to Dec 6, 1868 13th Amendment Period: Apr 9, 1865 to Apr 9, 1865 Surrender At Appomattox Courthouse Period: Apr 14, 1865 to Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination Period: Jun 13, 1866 to Jul 9, 1870 14th Amendment Period: Feb 24, 1868 to May 26, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Period: Feb 3, 1870 to Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Period: Mar 7, 1878 to 1878 The Invention Of Electric Light, Telephone, And Airplane Period: Jan 8, 1882 to May 15, 1911 The Organization Of Standard Period: Jul 1, 1892 to 1892 Homestead Strike Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894 The Pullman Strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 The Spanish-American War Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President