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Jamestown was the first successful English colony
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The Puritans founded the Plymouth Colony. It later became Massachusettes
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By 1733 13 colonies had been established by English settlers.
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In response to a tax on tea, a group of patriots boarded British merchant ships dressed as Indians and dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor.
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Colonial leaders gathered to talk about colonies' opposition to British rule
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British soldiers confronted colonial rebels and war broke out
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The Continental Congress adopted a Declaration of Independence
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American soldiers defeated the British Army at Saratoga, New York
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The last battle of the American Revolution took place in Yorktown, Virginia. American and French troops forced the British Army to surrender.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. England recognized American independence
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Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president of the United States
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Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the US
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Andrew Jackson is elected president. He was considered an outsider because he was born into a poor family and he was not from the Atlantic coast.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president who is against slavery. In response to this 11 states left the Union. The American Civil War begun
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The Confederate Army met the Union Army in Gettysburg and the largest battle in American history took place. After three days the Confederates were defeated. After two years the Confederates surrendered marking the end of the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
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World War I started in 1914, but the US. did not declare war on Germany until 1917. In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was drafted and the war was over
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The Roaring Twenties was an exciting time. There was jazz music, silent movies, and fads. The stock market was booming and people were buying the Model-T car created by Henery Ford. However, there was also danger. The Klu Klux Klan, a racist organization, was created. The targeted immigrants, blacks, Catholics, and many others.
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The Great Depression started in 1929 when the stock market crashed. By 1932 thousand of banks and businesses had failed. Wages had been decreased significantly and thousands of workers were jobless. The same year Franklin D. Rosevelt was elected president. He created a "New Deal" platform to help boost the economy.
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World War II started in 1939, but the US did not get involved until December 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The US allied with Britain, and the Soviets.
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Terrorists hijacked American airplanes and crashed them into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.