US History Timeline By Christian_A4563 Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 13, 1607 Jamestown Settlement 1753 French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Aug 2, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention Oct 28, 1793 Cotton Gin Jul 6, 1798 Alien and Sedation Act 1802 Electric Light 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Mar 2, 1820 Missouri Compromise Oct 31, 1828 Andrew Jackson Election 1831 Trial of Tears May 24, 1844 Telegraph Apr 25, 1846 Mexican American War Sep 18, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 Organization of Standard Oil Trust Period: 1865 to 1870 13-15 Amendments Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court House Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeachment 1872 Panic of 1873 1876 Emancipation Proclamation Feb 14, 1876 Telephone May 11, 1894 Pullman and Homestead Strikes Dec 17, 1903 Airplane Nov 8, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt Election