1492 Columbus lands in the Americas
1602 Jamestown established
1750 13 Original Colonies established
1776 Declaration of Independence
1776-1783 American Revolution
1788 U.S. Constitution is Ratified
1791 Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution
1803 Louisiana Purchase
1812 War with France
1820-1870 Industrial Revolution
1848 The U.S. now stretches from "sea to shining sea" (Manifest Destiny)
1861 - 1865 U.S. Civil War
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1898 Spanish-American War
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 - 1939 The Great Depression
1941 - 1945 U.S. fights World War II
1947 - 1991 The Cold War
1950's & 60's The Civil Rights Era
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 President Kennedy is assassinated
1965-1973 Vietnam War
1990 - 1991 Gulf War
1990's The Internet is widely adopted
9/11/2001 Over 3,000 Americans killed by radical Islamists
1492 Columbus lands in the Americas
1602 Jamestown established
1750 13 Original Colonies established
1776 Declaration of Independence
1776-1783 American Revolution
1788 U.S. Constitution is Ratified
1791 Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution
1803 Louisiana Purchase
1812 War with France
1820-1870 Industrial Revolution
1848 The U.S. now stretches from "sea to shining sea" (Manifest Destiny)
1861 - 1865 U.S. Civil War
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1898 Spanish-American War
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 - 1939 The Great Depression
1941 - 1945 U.S. fights World War II
1947 - 1991 The Cold War
1950's & 60's The Civil Rights Era
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 President Kennedy is assassinated
1965-1973 Vietnam War
1990 - 1991 Gulf War
1990's The Internet is widely adopted
9/11/2001 Over 3,000 Americans killed by radical Islamists