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  John Smith founds the first town in the new world named Jamestown
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  William Bradford and the Pilgrims found the Plymouth colony
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  English and French go to war over territorial disputes in the colonies.
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  Britain starts their industrial revolution greatly changing peoples lives and jobs.
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  A war between America and Britain and basically solidifies America's independence.
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  The first trans-Atlantic cable was created in 1858 which completely changed the world and communication between America and Britain.
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  Abraham Lincoln is elected in 1860 and paves a way to the end of slavery and rebuilding America.
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  The civil war ends in the United States by the North besting the South and ending slavery.