Jamestown founded - May 14, 1607

Beginning of Revolutionary War - April 19, 1775

Articles of Confederation - November 15, 1777
Declaration of Independence - July 4, 1776
United States Constitution - September 17, 1787
Delaware Become 1st State - December 7, 1787
Northwest Ordinance - August 7, 1789
Monroe Doctrine - December 2, 1823
Tariff of 1828 - May 19, 1828
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion - August 21, 1831
Texas Becomes 28th State - December 28, 1845
Mexican-American War - April 25, 1846
Compromise of 1850 - September 4, 1850
Uncle Tom's Cabin Publication - March 20, 1852
Kansas-Nebraska Act - May 30, 1854
John Brown Raids Harpers Ferry - October 16, 1859
Abraham Lincoln Inauguration - March 4, 1861
Seven Southern States Secede - March 4, 1861
Fort Sumter Battle - April 12, 1861
Battle of Gettysburg - July 1, 1863
End of Civil War - April 9, 1865
Ford Model T - August 12, 1908
World War I - July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918
World War II - September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945
Truman Doctrine - March 12, 1947
Vietnam War - November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975
Bay of Pigs - April 17-19 1961
Watergate Scandal - June 17, 1972
Nixon Resignation - August 8th 1974
"I Have Sinned" - September 11, 1998