HISTORY By xobelr Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Jun 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Oct 19, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention 1793 Invention of the Cotton Gin 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: 1812 to 1815 War of 1812 1820 Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson's Election 1837 Invention of the Telegraph 1837 Panic of 1837 Period: 1838 to 1839 Trail of Tears Period: 1846 to 1848 Mexican-American War 1850 Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 Firing on Fort Sumter 1863 13th Amendment Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Jun 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Assassination 1868 14th Amendment 1868 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment 1870 15th Amendment 1876 Telephone 1879 Electric Light 1882 Organization of Standard Oil Trust Period: 1892 to 1894 Pullman and Homestead Strikes Period: 1898 to 1898 Spanish-American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President 1903 Airplane