US History A Timeline By Stirlingsilver Oct 1, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1786 The Constitutional Convention 1792 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1801 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1836 The Panic of 1837 1838 The Trail of Tears 1844 The invention of the telegraph 1846 The Mexican-American War 1849 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1861 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1880 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1892 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1901 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane