Us History Assignment By Kikkirie 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus Period: 1492 to 1903 Us History Assignment 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1712 The War of 1812 1754 The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1791 The invention of the telegraph 1794 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1831 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 The Amendments 13, 14, and 15 started Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1879 Light bulb was invented 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 Telephone and Airplane was invented