US History Timeline By willowdcc Period: Jan 1, 1490 to 1910 US History Timeline 1492 Columbus Discovers America 1607 Jamestown is Settled 1754 The French Indian War Begins 1763 French Indian War Ends 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 The Battles at Lexington and Concord 1776 The Declaration of Independence is Signed 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1794 The Cotton Gin is Invented by Eli Whitney 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1828 Andrew Jackson is Elected 1830 The Trail of Tears Begins 1835 The Lightbulb is Invented 1837 The Panic of 1837 1844 Samuel Morse Demonstrates the Telegraph 1846 The Mexican-American War Begins 1848 The Mexican-American War Ends 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1850 The Trail of Tears Displacements End 1854 The Missouri Compromise 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th Amendment Passes 1868 14th Amendment Passes 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1868 15th Amendment Passes 1889 Telephone is Invented 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 The First Airplane is Invented