US History A Timeline - Nelson By LeviNelson 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington & Concord 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 Siege of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention 1794 Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 War of 1812 1820 Missouri Compromise Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election 1830 Invention of the Telegraph Period: 1831 to 1877 Trail of Tears Period: 1837 to 1843 Panic of 1837 Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 Mexican American War Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing of Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 13th Amendment Passed Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Assassination of Lincoln 1868 14 Amendment Passed Feb 24, 1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 1870 15th Amendment Passed 1876 Invention of the Telephone 1879 Electric Lights Are Invented Jun 30, 1892 Homestead Strike May 11, 1894 Pullman Strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Feb 17, 1903 Telephone is Invented Oct 12, 1942 Columbus's Discovery of America