US History Timeline By IceCreamAddict 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War Starts 1763 The French and Indian War Ends 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord 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 1812 The War of 1812 begins 1815 The War of 1812 ends 1817 The Declaration of Independence begins to be made 1819 The Declaration of Independence is finished 1819 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 The invention of the telegraph begins 1837 The Panic of 1837 begins 1838 The Trail of Tears 1843 The Panic of 1837 ends 1844 The invention of the telegraph finished 1846 The Mexican-American War 1848 The Mexican-American War ends 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter begins 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1862 The Emancipation Proclamation is created 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation is finished 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1876 The invention of the telephone 1879 The invention of the electric light 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes starts 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes ends 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 The invention of airplane