Settlement of Jamestown May 14,1607

Tobacco is introduced to Jamestown 1612

Proclamation Line of 1763 October 7, 1763

Stamp Act November 1, 1765

Boston Massacre March 5, 1770

Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773

Fighting erupts at Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775

Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776

Washington crosses the Delaware December 25, 1776

Battle of Saratoga October 7, 1777

Winter at Valley Forge December, 1777

Battle of Yorktown October 19, 1781

Treaty of Paris 1783 September 3, 1783

Shays’ Rebellion January, 1787

Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787

Constitution is adopted September 17, 1787

George Washington becomes the 1st President April 30, 1789

Samuel Slater installs first mill in America 1793

Cotton Gin is invented by Eli Whitney March 14, 1797

Jefferson is elected as the 3rd President February 17, 1801

Louisiana Purchase April 30, 1803

Corps of Discovery returns after journey September 23, 1806

War of 1812 begins June 18, 1812

Missouri Compromise January 26, 1820

Nat Turner Rebellion August 21, 1831

Telegraph is invented January 6, 1835

Battle of the Alamo ends March 6, 1836

Oregon Trail begins 1843

Texas becomes a state December 29, 1845

Mexican American War begins April 25, 1846

Gold discovered in California January 24, 1848

California becomes a state September 9, 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act May 30, 1854

John Brown raid at Harpers Ferry October 16, 1859

Lincoln becomes the 16th President March 4, 1861

Shots fired at Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861

Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862

Emancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862

Battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863

Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse April 12, 1865

Lincoln is assassinated April 14, 1865