US History timeline By JRscholar21 Period: 1492 to 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1610 The Settlement of James Fown Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War 1754-63 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1776 The Declaration of Independence Period: 1781 to 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: 1812 to 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election 1831 The Trail of Tears Period: 1837 to 1843 The Panic of 1837 Period: 1846 to 1848 The Mexican and American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing of Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1864 15th Amendment 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assasination 1865 13th Amendment 1868 The 14th Amendment 1868 Andrew Jackson Impeachment 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 The invention of the telephone 1879 The invention of the electric light Period: 1892 to 1907 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Period: 1898 to 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President 1903 The invention of the airplane