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Jamestown was the first successful European colony in the New World.
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Plymouth was the second successful European colony in the New World, home to the first Thanksgiving.
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A hoard of white men complaining that they weren’t being paid enough for work they said they’d do.
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A religious revival in North America, fueled by fire-and-brimstone scare-tactic preaching.
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An uprising of slaves that made white people so scared, they attempted to erase African-American culture to keep anyone from fighting for their rights again.
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The end of what is quite possibly the most confusingly-named war in history, which we fought against the French and Native Americans.
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A pub brawl between colonists and redcoats that ended in death and Revolutionary War propaganda.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed, freeing the colonies from Britain’s grasp and transforming them into a country.
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The first real battle of the Revolutionary War, and the colonies’ first victory.
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The precursor to the Constitution is ratified in an attempt to hold the colonies to a moral standard during the Revolutionary War.
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Yet another hoard of white men with guns complaining about high taxes.
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The US government makes slavery a federal issue by declaring new territories slave-free.
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The Constitution of the United States is signed and ratified by 12 of 13 colonies.
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As women begin to find their identity in Christ again, there is a new recognition of their importance in the home.
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Still more white men with guns, this time complaining that they had to pay a few extra cents for their alcohol.
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Abigail played a huge role in her husband’s presidency and is one of the earliest pioneers of the feminist movement.
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison ghostwrite anti-immigrant documents that are published by Kentucky and Virginia.
