us history timeline By yourjustagameboy Period: 1492 to 1492 the discovery of America by columbus Period: 1607 to 1610 Jamestown settlement Period: 1748 to 1775 battle of Lexington and concord Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian war Period: 1773 to 1773 Boston tea party Period: 1776 to 1776 declaration of independance Period: 1781 to 1781 yorktown Period: 1787 to 1789 constitutional convention Period: 1793 to 1793 cotton gin invention Period: 1798 to 1782 alien and sediton acts Period: 1803 to 1792 louisaina purchase Period: 1812 to 1815 war of 1812 Period: 1820 to 1820 Missouri compromise Period: 1824 to 1828 andrew jackson election Period: 1832 to 1832 The invention of the telegraph Period: 1837 to 1837 The Panic of 1837 economic depression Period: 1838 to 1839 The Trail of Tears Period: 1846 to 1848 The Mexican-American War Period: 1850 to 1850 The Compromise of 1850 issues of slavery Period: 1861 to 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Period: 1863 to 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation all enslaved people were freed Period: 1865 to 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Period: 1865 to 1870 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Period: 1865 to 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Period: 1868 to 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Period: 1879 to 1903 The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane Period: 1882 to 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Period: 1892 to 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes Period: 1898 to 1898 The Spanish-American War Period: 1901 to 1904 theodore Roosevelt becomes president