American History

  • Jamestown Established

  • The House of Burgesses

  • Plymouth Colony Established

  • English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch (New York)

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

  • American Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

  • George Washington elected first president

  • Capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C.

  • War of 1812

  • Civil War

  • US enters WW1

  • US declares war on Japan entering WW2

  • Korean War

  • President Johnson signs Civil Right Act