History Timeline - Lily Anderson By sportsgirl8026 Period: 1490 to 1905 US History Timeline Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 13, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 Beginning: The French and Indian War 1763 Ending:The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1786 The Constitutional Convention 1786-1789 1793 The Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 (1812-1815) Mar 6, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Nov 4, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1837 The invention of the telegraph 1837 The Panic of 1837 (and into the mid-1840s) 1838 The Trail of Tears (1838, and well into 1839) May 13, 1846 The Mexican-American War (May 13, 1846-February 2, 1848 Sep 9, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 (Approved) Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter (April 12th and 13th) Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1866 14th Amendment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1869 15th Amendment Mar 7, 1876 Invention of the electronic telephone 1879 Invention of the light 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1892 The Homestead Steel Strike 1894 Pullman Strike Apr 25, 1898 The Spanish-American War (Declared) Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 Invention of the Airplane (Orville and Wilbur Wright's successful voyage))