US history timeline By austinbostonj8 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1784 The French and Indian War 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1793 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1809 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1812 The War of 1812 1819 the Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1831 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1844 The invention of the telegraph 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Period: 1865 to 1870 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1867 The Emancipation Proclamation 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Period: 1879 to 1903 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane Period: 1892 to 1907 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president