US History Time line By Rainbowkitty449719 Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown May 28, 1754 The French and Indian War (Start) Feb 10, 1763 The French and Indian War (end) 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 (Start) Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown (End) May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Dec 3, 1794 The invention of the cotton gin Jun 25, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 (Start) Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 (End) Mar 6, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election Mar 24, 1830 The Trail of Tears (start) May 17, 1837 The Panic of 1837 May 24, 1844 The invention of the telegraph Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War (start) Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War (end) Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 May 23, 1850 The Trail of Tears (end) Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter (start) Apr 13, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter (end) Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Jan 31, 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Sep 13, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Apr 15, 1879 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane Jan 2, 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Jul 30, 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish-American War (start) Dec 10, 1898 The Spanish-American War (end) Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president