US History A Timeline By jensyn.spahr 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 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 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1793 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1829 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 The invention of the telegraph 1830 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1846 The Mexican-American Wa 1850 The Missouri Compromise 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1865-1870 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1875 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1875, 1876, 1903 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1894 and 1892 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president