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Spanish conquistadors bring European horses to the expanse of grasslands in America -
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He starts his adventure on the east coast by Cape Cod, eventually finding himself in Canada -
An epidemic occurs of either Typhus or the Plague -
20 slaves are traded in Jamestown Virginia for food, starting the slave trade in New England. One of the slaves, Anthony Johnson, went on to have his own land and even slaves.
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They return to a home once populated, that is now a wasteland after being devastated by disease.
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Around 1620, they begin colonization in the Americas -
After the epidemic, the journalist Robert Cushman writes about the stronger influence the pilgrims had because their "god" delivered the plague and small pox
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Practitioners of "holy magic" called "the Wonder"
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The scariest witch familiar, a "cow-cheetah-lizard-monkey" -
The deadliest war in American history that nobody knows about - Wampanoag leader Metacom, otherwise known as King Philip led a confederation of of Native tribes in a battle to regain stolen land from the Europeans. -
The Zenger Trial heavily effected the establishment of "Freedom of the Press" -
Americans are fed up with the treatment from the monarchy they once escaped, and now, a good portion of them(...) want independence -
After the Seven Years War, a group a protestants threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor, because taxes, am I right? -
America declares it's independence, in a "Declaration of Independence," it's writer being Thomas Jefferson -
This battle gave the Americans a decisive victory over the British in the American Revolution -
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Daniel Shay aims to stop foreclosure proceedings against distressed farmers
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Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and put into effect in 1789, the Constitution was a large upgrade from the oscillating macaroni bridge that was the Articles of Confederation. Written (mostly) by James Madison. -
George Washington becomes the first U.S. President -
John Adams becomes the 2nd U.S. President
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Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence becomes the 3rd President of the U.S. -
Robert Fulton's steamboat, The Clermont, launched a transportation revolution -
Madison becomes the 4th U.S. President
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Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th U.S. President -
More Native Americans are harshly forced westward in onto "The Trail of Tears," by Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson -
Samuel F. B. Morse in 1837, invents the Telegraph, and, Morse Code -
The best selling book of the century, second to only the Bible. Written by Harriet Breecher Stowe (She's from CT) -
Harriet Tubman utilizes the Underground Railroad to save approximately 70 enslaved people -
The 16th President of the U.S. is decided, later becoming the first assassinated President -
A large fight breaks out essentially between the Deep South and the Rest of the United States. The result: slavery is abolished -
This battle gave Lincoln the leverage to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, changing the direction of the Civil War entirely -
January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation," issuing that all currently held slaves shall now be free, essentially. -
I'm not even kidding -
John Wilkes Booth assassinates Abraham Lincoln -
Ford Motor Company in 1903 creates relatively affordable motor vehicles that are much more accessible. That same year was the "birth of aviation" -
The first world war begins, with the United States joining on April 4th, 1917
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Major fall in stock prices shocks the world -
Roosevelt becomes 32nd U.S. President -
2,800 Americans, many whom had never fired a gun, joined the Spanish Civil War to support the Republican cause. Even Ernest Hemingway fought in the war. -
Tension rises in the east, and a battle of buddies begins -
This picture by Joe Rosenthal of 6 marines standing the American flag atop a hill on Iwo Jima after one of the bloodiest wars of all time. The picture was immortalized, creating controversy as to if the brilliant photograph was staged or not. -
Kennedy becomes the 35th President of the U.S. -
In downtown Dallas, Texas, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates JFK, and creates the "Magic Bullet" conspiracy -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed segregation in businesses such as restaurants, and hotels, and public places like pools and schools -
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws" -
Tragedy strikes in New York, as the World Trade Center is hit by a terrorist organization - the U.S. military starts seeing red. -
A global recession is recognized nationally
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The first African American President is elected, the 44th one actually -
The leader of Al-Qaeda is found, and killed by U.S. Navy Seals