US History Timeline By Utarnian 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 Start of The French and Indian War 1763 End of The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1793 The invention of the cotton gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1802 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 Beginning of The War of 1812 1815 End of The War of 1812 1819 The Missouri Compromise 1826 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1834 The invention of the telegraph 1837 Beginning of The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1839 End of The Trail of Tears 1846 Beginning of The Mexican-American War 1848 End of The Mexican-American War 1849 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Beginning of the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 End of the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1879 Start of The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1892 Beginning of The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1894 End of The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 End of The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
