US History "A" Timeline By Pol1shPierogi 1492 Columbuses Discovery of America May 13, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Begins 1754 The French and Indian War Begins Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battles of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 US Declares Independence Sep 28, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown Begins May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Begins Jul 6, 1789 The Alien and Sedition Acts are ratified 1794 The Patent of the "Cotton Gin" Apr 30, 1803 The Purchase of Louisiana Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 Begins Mar 2, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Oct 31, 1828 Andrew Jackson Begins his Election 1831 The Trail of Tears Begins 1837 The Invention of the Telegraph 1837 The Panic of 1837 Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War Begins 1850 The Trail of Tears Ends 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Shots are Fired Upon Fort Sumter Jan 1, 1863 Abe Gives The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust 1865 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments are Passed This took place from 1865-1870 Apr 9, 1865 Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson is Impeached Feb 14, 1876 The Telephone is Invented 1879 The Electric Light is "Invented" 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Apr 21, 1898 The Spanish-American War Begins 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Dec 17, 1903 The First Airplane Begins Testing