US History A timeline By RedHood Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Aug 2, 1937 Columbus-WW2 May 13, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 1819 The Missouri Compromise Oct 31, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election 1830 The invention of The Telegraph 1839 The Trail of Tears 1839 The Panic of 1837 Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise Act of 1850 Oct 27, 1858 Theodore Roosevelt Apr 12, 1861 The Firing of Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 13th, 14th, 15th, Amendments Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination 1867 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 1879 The invention of Electricity May 11, 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes. Apr 25, 1898 The Spanish-American War
