Us History Timeline By knels323 Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1605 The settlement of Jamestown Period: 1759 to 1763 The French and Indian war Dec 16, 1773 The Boston tea party Apr 19, 1775 The battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention Oct 28, 1793 Invention of the Cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 1820 Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's election 1837 The Invention of the Telegraph 1837 The Panic of 1837 Period: May 23, 1838 to Mar 26, 1839 Trail of Tears Period: May 13, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American war Sep 9, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing of Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Jan 31, 1865 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments Apr 9, 1865 The surrender at Appomattox Apr 15, 1865 Lincolns Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Feb 14, 1876 The Invention of the Telephone 1879 The Invention of the Electric Light 1882 Standard Oil Trust 1892 Homestead strike 1894 Pullman Strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Aug 13, 1898 Spanish-American War Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909 Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt Dec 17, 1903 The Invention of the Airplane