US History timeline By peteramakasu Aug 3, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm Dec 6, 1606 The Settlement of Jamestown https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party Apr 16, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins Period: May 27, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Mar 14, 1794 The invention of the cotton gin http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp 1801 The Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 The War of 1812 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 1819 The Missouri Compromise http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828 1830 The invention of the telegraph Period: 1831 to 1850 The Trail of Tears http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears Period: 1837 to 1843 The Panic of 1837 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837 Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850