US History Timeline By Gjaramillo2002 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown Jan 10, 1754 The Albany Plan of Union Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 The Declaration of Independence 1775 French and Indian War 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 The invention of the telegraph 1831 The Trail of Tears 1846 The Mexican-American Wa 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1868 The end of Reconstruction 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1880 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president