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The British government imposed a large block of tax on 13 colonies in North America
At this time, the colonies had a tradition of autonomy after the British colonialists neglected to counteract such unrests as civil war. So, the Americans are vehemently opposed to the idea that Britain does not represent the nation and has no right to do so. The British king had to withhold taxes.
However, the British colonial left a tax, which is the tea tax. -
Revolutionary boom is a sure thing to happen.
At the Port of Boston, Massachusetts, when the ship was carrying tea, three groups of 50 Americans threw tea on the deck, also known as the "Boston Tea Party" -
George Washington was appointed by the Federal Congress as Colonial Commander.
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Declaration of Independence
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4 at the 2nd Continental Congress -
Revolution became a world war.
Benjamin Franklin succeeded in bringing French troops, under the Marquis of Lafayette, into union with the United States. Not only that, the Netherlands and Spain also joined. -
British General Charles Cornwallis pulled back to Yorktown, Virgina.
Cornwallis' British army was attacked by American troops under Washington and by French troops under Lafayyete. Cornwallis's retreat to the sea was blocked by a French fleet. Cornwallis surrendered on 19 October with his 6,000 men -
The United States of America (USA) was established.
On 3 September, the insurgents (and their allies) signed with the British troops in Paris. 13 colonies are independent -
Philadelphia convention
Representatives from the 13 states and headed by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton jointly wrote a new constitution aimed at establishing a more effective and powerful central government. The outcome of this conference was the Constitution of the United States -
George Washington was elected the first U.S president
He is a famous hero of the American Revolutionary War, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, and chairman of the Constitutional Convention. Being president, Washington moved the national capital from New York to Philadelphia. -
Thomas Jefferson became the U.S president
Thomas Jefferson defeated Adams for the presidency in the 1800 election. After having defeated Adams for the presidency in the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson became the U.S president. -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson's major achievement as president was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which provided U.S. settlers with vast potential for expansion west of the Mississippi River. The U.S. paid fifty million francs ($11,250,000 USD) and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs ($3,750,000 USD) for a total of sixty-eight million francs ($15,000,000 USD, or around $250m in 2016 dollars) for the acquisition of Louisiana from France. -
War of 1812
Because Americans were increasingly angry at the British violation of American ships' neutral rights in order to hurt France and they may also have desired to annex all or part of British North America, Congress declared war with British on June 18th, 1812. -
War of 1812 ended
In early 1815 Andrew Jackson- the seventh U.S president- decisively defeated a major British invasion at the Battle of New Orleans, making him the most famous war hero. Consequently, both sides agreed to a peace that left the prewar boundaries intact. Americans claimed victory on February 18, 1815. -
The Mexican–American War
The main reason was that the United States formally incorporated Texas territory into the United States in 1845. Prior to that, as early as 1836, Mexico did not recognize this merger, always considering Texas as a rebellious territory of Mexico. -
California Gold Rush
300,000 people have come to California from all over the United States and from abroad to dig gold- a mass mitigation in history. -
Lincoln became president
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Civil war
The cause of civil war was the division between the North and the South for the sake of slavery. The US Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when the Confederate Army attacked the US military base at Sumter in South Carolina. Victory belongs to the federal faction. -
Abraham Lincolnwas assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by a well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC -
The "Gilded Age"
The “Gilded Age” was the term used by Mark Twain when American wealth and prosperity increased dramatically. By 1890, US industrial output and per capita income had surpassed all other countries in the world. -
Panic of 1893
A severe national economic crisis broke out in 1893. This crisis was called the "Panic of 1893", which affected the peasants, workers, and businessmen at prices, wages and salaries. and profit dropped -
Assassination of William McKinley
President William McKinley was assassinated, and his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, was inaugurated as the youngest U.S. president ever. -
Ford Model-T by Henry Ford
One event in 1908 would impact life, work, and customs in the 20th century incalculably, and that was the introduction of the Ford Model-T by Henry Ford. -
The Titanic Sinks
The Titanic hit an iceberg, sank on its maiden voyage, losing at least 1,517 lives. -
World War I (1914 -1918)
World War I began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the future heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary(the second-largest empire in Europe). During the conflict, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) fought against the Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States). -
World War II (1939 - 1945)
World War II began when Hitler's Nazis invaded Poland on Sept.1, and Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.
World War II was a war fought primarily between the Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States). -
The Cold War (1945 - 1991)
The Cold War was a conflict between the US, the Soviet Union (USSR), and their respective allies over political, economic, and military issues, often described as a struggle between capitalism and communism. -
Vietnam War (1959 - 1975)
The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. -
George W. Bush
On January 20, 2001, first inauguration of George W. Bush: George W. Bush was inaugurated the forty-third President of the United States and signed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 into law -
September 11th Attack and War on Terror
On September 11, 2001 ("9/11"), the United States was struck by a terrorist attack when 19 al-Qaeda hijackers commandeered four airliners to be used in suicide attacks and intentionally crashed two into both twin towers of the World Trade Center and the third into the Pentagon, killing 2,937 victims—206 aboard the three airliners, 2,606 who were in the World Trade Center and on the ground, and 125 who were in the Pentagon. -
Invasion of Iraq
In 2003, from March 19 to May, the United States launched an invasion of Iraq, which led to the collapse of the Iraq government and the eventual capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, with whom the US had long-standing tense relations. -
Election of Barack Obama
In 2008, the unpopularity of President Bush and the Iraq war, along with the 2008 financial crisis, led to the election of Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States -
The Great Recession
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the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Following his election victory by a wide electoral margin in November 2008, Bush's successor - Barack Obama - signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -
Osama bin Laden, was killed in Pakistan
In May 2011, after nearly a decade in hiding, the founder and leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, was killed in Pakistan in a raid conducted by US naval special forces acting under President Obama's direct orders. -
Boston Marathon Bombing
The Boston Marathon Bombing was a bombing incident, followed by subsequent related shootings, that occurred when two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The bombs exploded about 12 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart at 2:49 pm EDT, near the marathon's finish line on Boylston Street. They killed 3 people and injured an estimated 264 others. -
President Obama officially ended the combat mission in Afghanistan
President Obama officially ended the combat mission in Afghanistan and promised a withdrawal of all remaining troops at the end of 2016 with the exception of the embassy guards -
LGBT community
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Election of Donald Trump
On November 8, 2016, Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to become the President-elect of the United States
