US History By tinygirraffe Period: Oct 12, 1492 to 1492 The discovery of America by Columbus Period: May 13, 1607 to 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Period: May 28, 1749 to Feb 10, 1763 The French and Indian war Period: Dec 16, 1773 to 1773 The Boston Tea Party Period: Apr 19, 1775 to 1775 The Battles of Lexington and Concord Period: Jul 4, 1776 to 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Period: Mar 14, 1794 to 1794 Invention of the Cotton Gin Period: Jun 18, 1798 to 1798 The Alien Sedition Acts Period: Apr 30, 1803 to 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: Jun 18, 1812 to 1812 The war of 1812 Period: Mar 3, 1820 to Mar 6, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Period: 1823 to 1843 The Trail of Tears Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election Period: May 10, 1837 to 1818 The Panic of 1837 Period: May 24, 1844 to 1840 The Invention of the Telegraph Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 The Mexican-American War Period: Jan 29, 1850 to 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Period: Jan 1, 1863 to 1863 The Emancipation Proclomation Period: Jan 31, 1865 to 1865 13, 14, 15 Amendments Period: Apr 9, 1865 to 1865 The Surrender at Appomattox Court House Period: Apr 14, 1865 to 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassination Period: Feb 24, 1868 to 1868 Andrew Johnson Impeachment Period: Jan 10, 1870 to 1870 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Period: Mar 7, 1876 to 1876 The Invention of the Telephone Period: Oct 22, 1879 to 1879 The Invention of the Electric Light Period: Jun 30, 1892 to 1092 The Homestead Strike Period: May 11, 1894 to 1894 The Pullman Strike Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898 The Spanish-American War Period: Sep 14, 1901 to 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Period: Dec 17, 1903 to 1903 The Invention of the Airplane