US History A Timline By TheBadHistorian 1442 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1793 The Invention of The Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election 1831 The Trail of Tears 1837 The invention of the telegraph 1837 Panic of 1837 1846 Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Jan 31, 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Apr 14, 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeached 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 Invention of The Telephone 1879 Invention of The Lightbulb 1884 Pullman Railroad strike 1892 The Homestead Strike 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Elected 1903 Invention of The Airplane