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Founding of Jamestowne
On May 14, 1607, English settlers arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King James I established the first permanent English settlement in North America at a place they named Jamestown, Virginia -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire. -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is emblazoned with the words "In Congress, July 4, 1776" at the top, and displays the signatures of John Hancock and other founding fathers at the bottom. -
start of the revolutionary war
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or the American War of Independence, was initiated by delegates from thirteen American colonies of British America in Congress against Great Britain. The war was fought over the issue of U.S. independence from the British Empire. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on April 19, 1775. They marked the beginning of the American Revolution. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was a formal meeting held in 1787 for the purpose of creating a constitution for the United States. -
Election of 1800
This election of 1800 was an important turning point in American history because at the time the Federalists controlled the army the presidency and Congress they could've refused to step down and overthrown the Constitution. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between Northern and Southern states about which western territories could be admitted into the Union as slave states -
The nullification crisis
The nullification crisis was a conflict between the U.S. state of South Carolina and the federal government of the United States in 1832–33 -
start of the civil war
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought between the Union and the Confederacy. The central cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican–American War. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. -
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. As Lincoln slumped forward in his seat, Booth leapt onto the stage and escaped through the back door.