US History Timeline By Maddox Rhude Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 13, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown 1754 French and Indian War The Battle was from 1754 to 1763 Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Jul 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown The Battle was from 9/28/1781 to 10/19/1781 May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of The Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 The War was from 6/18/1812 to 2/18/1815 1820 Missouri Compromise Mar 4, 1829 Andrew Jackson Elected 1831 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1838 Telegraph Invented Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican American War The War ended on 2/2/1848 Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment Apr 9, 1865 The Surrender at The Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1868 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 1870 15th Amendment 1876 Invention of the Telephone 1879 Invention of Electric Light 1892 Homestead Strike 1894 Pullman Strike Apr 21, 1898 Spanish American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Dec 17, 1903 The Invention of the Airplane