US history Timeline By boomonstervi Aug 3, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1753 Beginning of french and Indian war 1754 End of the French and Indian war Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Beginning of the battle of Yorktown Oct 19, 1781 End of the Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Begins Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention Ends Mar 14, 1794 The Invention of the cotton gin Jul 6, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase May 18, 1812 The war of 1812 Begins Feb 18, 1815 The war of 1812 Ends Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Oct 31, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election May 16, 1836 The Trail of Tears Begins 1837 The Start of the Panic of 1837 Jun 1, 1839 The Trail of Tears ends 1843 End of the Panic of 1837 May 24, 1844 The Invention of the telegraph Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican American War Starts Feb 3, 1848 The Mexican American War Ends Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumster Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 13th amendment written Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court house Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination 1868 14th Amendment Written Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment Mar 7, 1876 The Invention of the telephone Oct 4, 1879 The Invention of the electric light Oct 8, 1883 The Invention of the Plane Jul 1, 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Begins Jul 6, 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Ends Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish American war starts Sep 13, 1898 The Spanish American war Ends Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president