US History Timeling By Trauts 1492 Columbus Discovers America 1607 Settlement Of Jamestown 1754 French and Indian war Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of independence 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Invention of the Cotton Gin Jul 6, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jacksons Election 1831 The Trail of Tears date 1837 The Panic of 1837 May 24, 1844 Invention of the Telegraph Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War Jan 29, 1850 The compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclimation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 The Civil War Amendments Apr 9, 1865 The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1876 Invention of the electric Telephone 1879 The invention of the Electric light 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American war 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Dec 17, 1903 Invention of airplane