US History Timeline A By KeenanJB Oct 12, 1492 Columbus discovers America Period: Oct 12, 1496 to Dec 17, 1903 US History Timeline A 1607 Jamestown is Settled 1759 The French and Indian War Starts 1763 The French and Indian War Ends Dec 16, 1773 The Boston tea party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and concord 1776 The declaration of independence 1781 the battle of Yorktown 1787 the constitutional convention 1794 the cotton gin 1798 the alien and sedition acts 1803 the Louisiana purchase 1812 the war of 1812 1815 the war od 1812 1820 the Missouri compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's election 1830 the telegraph 1831 the trail of tears 1837 the panic of 1837 1843 the panic of 1837 1846 the Mexican American war 1848 the Mexican American war Jan 29, 1850 the compromise of 1850 1858 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Apr 12, 1861 the firing on fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 the emancipation proclamation 1863 the organization of standard oil trust 1865 13th amendment Apr 9, 1865 surrender at Appomattox courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln's assassination 1868 14th amendment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's impeachment 1870 15th amendment 1876 telephone invented 1878 light bulb invented 1892 the pullman strike 1898 the Spanish American war Dec 17, 1903 airplane invented 1907 the homestead strike