Us History A Timeline By Nathan_Chopsticks Oct 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus Discovers the New World Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Dec 17, 1903 Christopher Columbus To Air Flight May 14, 1607 Jamestown Settlement May 28, 1763 French - Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Lexington - Concord Battles Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Yorktown Battle May 14, 1787 Constitutional Convention Mar 14, 1794 Invention of Cotton Gin Jul 14, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Mar 4, 1820 Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson Election 1831 Trail of Tears May 10, 1837 Panic of 1837 May 24, 1844 Invention of the Telegraph Apr 25, 1846 Mexican - American War Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing of Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court House Apr 15, 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Feb 24, 1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Feb 3, 1870 15th Ammendment Jan 2, 1882 Standard Oil Trust Jun 30, 1892 Homestead Strike Apr 21, 1898 Spanish - American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Elected into office Dec 17, 1903 The First plane was Invented
