USHistory1 By ItsRykerrr Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus Jun 13, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party May 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Aug 2, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 The Battle Of Yorktown Jun 25, 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 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1831 The Trail of Tears 1837 The Panic of 1837 1844 The invention of the telegraph 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th Amendment 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1868 14th Amendment 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment 1892 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1928 Andrew Jackson’s Election