US History Honors A By Val Dean Period: 1490 to 1950 History of the US 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War 1754 is win the war was declared but 1763 is when it ended 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1774 The Declaration of Independence 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1780 The Battle of Yorktown 1786 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1802 The Louisiana Purchase 1809 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1829 The Trail of Tears 1830 The invention of the telegraph 1834 The Panic of 1837 1846 The Mexican-American War 1847 The Compromise of 1850 1858 The Emancipation Proclamation 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 The invention of the telephone 1878 The invention of the electric light 1891 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1900 The invention of the airplane 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president