1. Settlement of Jamestown
May 14,1607

2. Tobacco is introduced to Jamestown
1612

3. Proclamation Line of 1763
October 7, 1763

4. Stamp Act
November 1, 1765

5. Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770

6. Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773

7. Fighting erupts at Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775

8. Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776

9. Washington crosses the Delaware
December 25, 1776

10. Battle of Saratoga
October 7, 1777

11. Winter at Valley Forge
December, 1777

12. Battle of Yorktown
October 19, 1781

13. Treaty of Paris 1783
September 3, 1783

14. Shays’ Rebellion
January, 1787

15. Constitutional Convention
May 25, 1787

16. Constitution is adopted
September 17, 1787

17. George Washington becomes the 1st President
April 30, 1789

18. Samuel Slater installs first mill in America
1793

19. Cotton Gin is invented by Eli Whitney
March 14, 1797

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

21. Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1803

22. Corps of Discovery returns after journey
September 23, 1806

23. War of 1812 begins
June 18, 1812

24. Missouri Compromise
January 26, 1820

25. Nat Turner Rebellion
August 21, 1831

26. Telegraph is invented
January 6, 1835

27. Battle of the Alamo ends
March 6, 1836

28. Oregon Trail begins
1843

29. Texas becomes a state
December 29, 1845

30. Mexican American War begins
April 25, 1846

31. Gold discovered in California
January 24, 1848

32. California becomes a state
September 9, 1850

33. Kansas-Nebraska Act
May 30, 1854

34. John Brown raid at Harpers Ferry
October 16, 1859

35. Lincoln becomes the 16th President
March 4, 1861

36. Shots fired at Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861

37. First Battle of Bull Run
July 21, 1861

38. Battle of Antietam
September 17, 1862

39. Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862

40. Battle of Gettysburg
July 1, 1863

41. Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
April 12, 1865

42. Lincoln is assassinated
April 14, 1865