1492 – Columbus
1565 – St. Augustine FL (Spain)
1587 – Roanoke – Lost Colony (England)
1607 – Jamestown Virginia (England)
1608 – Quebec (France)
1609 – Santa Fe (Spain)
1614 – New Amsterdam (Dutch)
1620 – Pilgrims – Separatists (England)
1733 – Georgia established (last of the 13 colonies)
1754 – French & Indian War
1763 – Treaty of Paris ending French & Indian War
1770 – Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
1773 – Boston Tea Party (Dec. 16, 1773)
1775 – Lexington & Concord (April 19, 1775)
1776 – Declaration of Independence (July 4th 1776)
1777-78 – Valley Forge
1781 – Articles of Confederation
1781 – Yorktown (October 1781)
1783 – Treaty of Paris ending Revolutionary War
1787 – Constitution (September 17, 1787)
1790 – Ratification of Constitution
1791 – Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
1803 – Louisiana Purchase
1812 – War of 1812
1836 – Texas Revolution & Alamo
1845 – Texas annexed part of the U.S.
1846 – War with Mexico begins
1846 – Oregon annexed to the U.S.
1847 – Mormons arrive in Utah (July 24, 1847)
1848 – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending Mexican American War U.S. receives southwest
1849 – Gold Rush to California
1859 – John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry (October)
1860 – Lincoln elected (Nov)
1860 – South Carolina secedes (Dec. 20, 1860)
1861 – Ft. Sumter beginning of Civil War
1863 – Emancipation Proclamation takes effect (Jan. 1, 1863)
1863 – Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
1864 – Sherman’s March to the Sea (Nov-Dec 1864)
1865 – Lee surrenders Appomattox Courthouse (April 9, 1865)
1865 – Lincoln assassinated (April 14, 1865)
Scott Milne