US History By Woody2006 Period: Jan 2, 1492 to Dec 5, 1901 US History Timeline Aug 3, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 3, 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 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1791 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1801 The Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1826 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1837 The invention of the telegraph 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 The invention of the electric light, the telephone, and the airplane the elitric light 1878 the telephone 1876 the air plane 1903