us history By Cnewgent1 1607 1607 James town founded first permanent settlement 1773 Boston tea party people throw tea in to protest taxes 1775 Lexington and concord big war battles in revolutionary war 1776 declaration of independence broke away from England 1787 us constitution written the base of our country was written 1789 George Washington becomes first president 1791 bill of rights ratified 1803 Louisiana purchase 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition begins 1812 war of 1812 bgins 1820 Missouri compromise 1830 Indian removal act 1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico 1846 Mexican American war starts 1846 Mexican American war ends 1849 California gold rush 1857 Dred Scott decision 1861 civil war begins 1862 homestead act passed 1863 emancipation proclamation 1865 civil war ends 1869 transcontinental raiload 1876 battle of little bighorn 1877 reconstruction ends 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson descision 1898 Spanish American war 1901 president McKinley assassinated 1914 world war 1 begins 1917 us enters world war one 1920 women gain right to vote 1929 st valentines day massacre 1929 stock market crash 1941 pearl barbor 1941 us joins ww2 1945 ww2 ends 1954 brown vs board 1955 Montgomery bus boycott 1962 homestead act passed 1963 martin Luther king Jr i have a dream 1964 civil rights act passed 1969 apollo 11 moon landing 1973 Roe vs Wade decision 1974 president Nixon resigns 1989 fall of berlin wall 1991 gulf war begins 2001 9/11 2003 iraq war begins 2008 Obama first African American president 2020 covid 2021 us capitol riot