History By Presto-Pasta 1400 Prehistory 1492 Columbus reaches the Bahamas 1607 Jamestown 1620 Plymouth 1675 Stamp Tax Period: 1675 to 1676 King Phillip's War 1770 Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre 1774 1st Continental Congress 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Period: 1775 to 1783 Revolutionary War 1776 Declaration of Independence 1787 United States Constitution signed Period: 1804 to 1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition 1820 Missouri Compromise Period: 1831 to 1838 Trail of Tears Period: 1846 to 1848 Mexican War 1849 Gold Rush begins 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Period: 1861 to 1865 American Civil War Period: 1862 to 1879 Homesteading the plains Period: 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction Period: 1866 to 1886 Cattle drives in the Great Plains 1867 Alaska purchased 1869 Suez Canal opens 1869 First transcontinental railroad Period: 1874 to 1881 Plains Wars Period: 1883 to 1914 Jim Crow Laws created 1898 Spanish-American War 1898 Hawaii becomes U.S. possession 1898 U.S gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands, and other Pacific islands 1900 United States has become world power 1901 U.S takes over Panama Canal construction
