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The Great Peacemaker and the wise Hiawatha present the Great Law of Peace to the Iroquois nations. They form a new democratic government. Who says white people brought democracy to America?
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Sponsored by Spain, Columbus and his squad land in the Bahamas and Columbus thinks they're in China or India. Time to kill, pillage, and plunder!
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John Smith and the Virginia Company establish the first English colony in the New World. Then Pocahontas teaches them to paint with all the colors of the wind.
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A ship called the White Lion brings the first African slaves to Virginia.
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Who wants to kill all the Native Americans and take over the Virginia government? Nathaniel Bacon, that's who!
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Both England and France had colonies in America, and both tried to expand. Soon, England and France were fighting over who owned what land. War broke out.
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A young British soldier named George Washington helps lead England to victory!
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King George III: That war with France was real expensive. We should make Americans buy expensive stamps to pay for it! What could go wrong?
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After years of tension and the famous ride of Paul Revere, American colonists face off against British soldiers. The Revolution has begun!
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Thomas Jefferson: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal... England: Huh? Thomas Jefferson: We're independent. We're not part of England anymore. England: Oh. Wanna bet?
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England and the United States officially declare the end of the war. America is independent!
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America's first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, created a government that was too weak. So the founders create a new constitution and a new government, complete with three branches!
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The cotton gin makes it quick and easy to separate seeds from cotton fibers, revolutionizing the cotton industry.
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Washington willingly steps down after two terms.
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John Adams is out, Jefferson and Burr are neck and neck! Who will win the presidency? What's this? Alexander Hamilton endorses Jefferson! Jefferson wins! The crowd goes wild!
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Thomas Jefferson doubles the size of the U.S. by buying land from Napoleon.
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Long story short: England went to war with us again, mostly over trade.
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Long story short: We beat England again.
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U.S. gets Florida!
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Congress lets Missouri enter the Union as a slave state while Maine enters as a free state. That should solve the slavery issue, right?
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Jacksonian democracy, nullification crisis, and the trail of tears. It's been an eventful presidency!
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The U.S. gets Texas!
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The U.S. gets Oregon!
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"Dear Mexico, Please sell us the land you own in the southwest. We will be happy to buy it from you (P.S. If you don't hand it over we'll shoot you and take it anyway.) Best wishes, President Polk."
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The U.S. gets California, Nevada, Utah, etc.!
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The first women's rights convention in the United States!
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Congress deals with all that new land won from Mexico. California's a free state, Utah and New Mexico can choose, Kansas and Nebraska are a thing, and slaves can be taken back to their masters.
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Just when everybody is getting along, Stephen Douglas says, "Hey guys! What if we let slavery spread wherever people want it?"
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Dred Scott asks the Supreme Court to set him free. The court responds saying black Americans are not citizens and have no rights.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States. Southerners are like, #notmypresident!
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, just in time for the holidays!
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The Civil War begins with the battle of Fort Sumter.
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General Lee invades the North. Bad idea.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant. The war is over! The Union is victorious!
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Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theater.
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Andrew Johnson begins leading the nation through Reconstruction. Too bad he's kinda the worst...
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Federal troops leave the South and tell the white supremacists to be nice to the African Americans. What could go wrong?
