US History Timeline By SarahTheLoli Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 13, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown Period: May 28, 1754 to Oct 31, 1763 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Cotton Gin Patent 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson Elected Period: 1830 to 1840 Telegraph Invention The telegraph was invented in the 1830s and 1840s. Its first use was in 1844. Period: 1831 to 1877 The Trails of Tears Period: 1837 to 1843 The panic of 1837 Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 Mexican American War Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Organization of Standard Oil Trust Jan 31, 1865 13th Amendment Passed Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court House Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassination Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Ratified Jun 13, 1866 14th Amendment Passed Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeached Jul 9, 1868 14 Amendment Ratified Feb 26, 1869 15th Amendment Passed Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Ratified 1876 Invention of the Telephone (when Alexander Graham patented his version of it.) 1879 The Invention of the First Practical Incandescent Light Bulb Period: Jun 30, 1892 to Jul 6, 1892 Homestead Strike Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894 Pullman Strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 Spanish American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Presidency Start Dec 17, 1903 Invention of the Airplane