US History Timeline By reisha.neelapu Period: 1492 to 1504 Voyages of Christopher Columbus 1607 Jamestown Period: 1749 to 1763 The French and Indian War / Seven Years' War 1763 Proclamation Line of 1763 Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence 1777 Battle of Saratoga 1783 The Treaty of Paris of 1783 1787 Electoral College 1787 US Constitution 1830 Indian Removal Act 1845 Manifest Destiny Period: 1860 to 1865 Abraham Lincoln Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 1st Battle of Bull Run Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Jul 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jul 4, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg