US History A Timeline By Arimfexendrapuse Oct 12, 1492 Columbus Discovers America Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Aug 2, 1914 US History A Timespan 1607 Jamestown is Settled 1754 French/Indian War Starts 1763 French/Indian War Ends Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown May 27, 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Dec 20, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Starts Dec 24, 1814 War of 1812 Ends 1819 The Missouri Compromise 1828 The Election of Andrew Jackson 1837 The Panic of 1837 1839 The Trail of Tears May 24, 1844 The Invention of the Telegraph Apr 25, 1846 Mexican/American War Jan 29, 1850 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 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1868 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1870 15th Amendment 1879 The Electric Light is Invented Jun 30, 1892 The Homestead Strike May 11, 1894 The Pullman Strike 1898 Spanish/American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Is Made President