US History A Timeline By matt_sofar Period: 1450 to 1910 US History A Timeline 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 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 Sep 28, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown May 27, 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 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1837 The Panic of 1837 1839 The Trail of Tears May 24, 1844 The Invention of the Telegraph Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Sep 22, 1862 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1868 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 The Invention of the Telephone 1879 The Invention of the Electric Light Jun 30, 1892 The Homestead Strike May 11, 1894 The Pullman Strike 1898 The Spanish-American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President 1903 The Invention of the Plane