u.s. history By cagetherage666 Period: 1492 to 1492 Columbus found america Period: 1607 to 1602 Jamestown settlement Period: 1754 to 1763 french and Indian war Period: Dec 16, 1770 to 1773 Boston tea party Period: Apr 19, 1771 to 1775 the battle of Lexington and concord Period: Jul 4, 1776 to 1776 the declaration of indipendnce Period: 1781 to 1781 The Battle of Yorktown Period: 1787 to 1787 The Constitutional Convention Period: 1793 to 1793 The invention of the cotton gin Period: 1798 to 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Period: 1803 to 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Period: 1812 to 1815 he War of 1812 Period: 1820 to 1820 The Missouri Compromise Period: 1828 to 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election Period: 1830 to 1830 The Trail of Tears Period: 1830 to 1830 The invention of the telegraph Period: 1837 to 1837 The Panic of 1837 Period: 1846 to 1848 The Mexican-American War Period: 1850 to 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Period: Jan 1, 1863 to 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Period: 1865 to 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Period: 1865 to 1867 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Period: Apr 9, 1865 to 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Period: Feb 24, 1868 to 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 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: Sep 6, 1901 to Sep 6, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president