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Part of the Seven Years’ War in Europe. Britain and France fought for control of the Ohio Valley and Canada. The colonies fought under British commanders. Britain eventually won and gained control of all the remaining French possessions in Canada.

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A land deal between the United States and France, in which the US acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million

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October 12, 1492

In 1492, an Italian explorer voyaging for the Spanish nation reached an island (near present day Bahamas) which was believed to be Asia but with proceeding explorations it was recognized as a "new land". The discovery launched centuries of European exploration and colonization of the American continent.

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May 22-August 13, 1521

Lead by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and aided by indigenous allies this caused the Aztec empire to succumb to their forces which resulted in brutal consequences for the indigenous people, destroying the Aztec Empire and colonization of the region by the Spanish.

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August, 1585-1590

Established by Sir Walter Raleigh on Roanoke Island (present day North Carolina) was one of the first English attempts at a permanent colony in the Americas. It mysteriously failed as settlers disappeared without any evidence of where they went.

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June 20, 1675 – April 12, 1678

This was a conflict between Native American tribes and English settlers in the New England colonies. The conflict was over land and culture. It led to a lot of destruction and mass fatality. Ultimately, the English prevailed and it lead to increasing colonial dominance going against Native Americans in the region.

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1676 – 1677

This conflict, taking place in colonial Virginia was between some settlers (Bacon) and the colonial government over economic disparities, political corruption and Native American conflicts. Bacon's forces initially succeeded but then collapsed after his death and it led to increased colonial control which came with racial hierarchies and greater elite power.

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A group of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of fleas into the harbor in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773.

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A Philadelphia meeting that brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British “Intolerable Acts”

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A resolution created by the Continental Congress, which broke all ties between colonists and the British, creating the idea in America that the colonies were now “states '.

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An uprising of Rural, indebted farmers in Western Massachusetts, against Boston creditors, It began in 1786 and lasted half a year, threatening the economic interest of the business elite and contributing to the demise of the Articles of Confederation.

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A Philadelphia meeting that brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

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Printed in newspapers, this was largely a warning against political parties and permanent foreign alliances.

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A war between the US and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier.

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General Robert Ross, a British force occupied Washington, DC, and set fire to many public buildings following the American defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg

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Congress admitted Maine as a free state in 1820 so that Missouri would become a slave state and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36o30’ the southern boundary of Missouri

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Americans moved away from self-sufficient agriculture to the production of goods for sale

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Women of all ages and even some men went to discuss the rights and conditions of women. There, they wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which among other things, tried to get women the right to vote.