US history time line By kadeseth 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War 1773 The boston tea party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 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 Period: 1812 to 1815 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 The Trail of Tears 1835 The invention of the light bulb Period: 1837 to 1840 The Panic of 1837 To mid 1840s Period: 1846 to 1848 the mexican american war 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1855 The invention of the telegraph 1860 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 13th Amendment 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1868 14th Amendment 1870 15th Amendments 1876 Invention of the telephone 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 Invention of the airplane