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First inhabitants of North America come from Asia. They establish many tribes, spreading across North and South America. -
Christopher Columbus opened the door to European exploration and exploitation of North and South America. -
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. Indentured servants signed contracts to work, slaves were kidnapped and brought to America against their will to work on southern plantations. -
Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic on the Mayflower, forming what is known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony -
French and Indian War was fought over the land in the Ohio River Valley. -
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the American colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act, this act increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies. "No taxation without representation." -
Sons of Liberty forms in Boston. Five colonists were killed, known as the Boston Massacre. -
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest by patriots. The Intolerable Acts were put in place. -
"The Shot Heard Around the World." The American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord. -
The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4th. -
General George Washingtons army defeated the Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. (Crossing the Delaware River) -
The Battle of Saratoga, French joined the war -
The Battle of Yorktown, final major battle of American Revolution, won by Americans. -
Uprising in Massachusetts, opposition to high taxes -
The U.S. Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation. The first person to serve as president was George Washington. -
Three-fourth of the states had ratified 10 amendments to the Constitution. Known as The Bill of Rights. -
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest, farmers and distillers were angry over the tax on whiskey -
With Thomas Jefferson as president, he decides to make a federalist choice by purchasing the Lousiana Purchase. -
The Battle of New Orleans, the United States gained large pieces of land after beating the British