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Tea was introduced to the American colonies. This would become significant later on when Britain starts to tax the colonies for tea.

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Nine of thirteen colonies asked for the repeal of the stamp act. The colonies were beginning to become upset with parliament for their imposed taxes.

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The Boston Massacre occurs between colonists and British soldiers. This was the first act of direct violence between the British and the colonies and it led to increasing tensions between the groups.

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The Boston Tea Party occurred. This event showed the frustration the colonists had because of the unfair taxes parliament was forcing on the colonies.

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The first shots between the British and American Militia were fired at the Battle of Lexington.  This marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

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The Declaration of Independence was signed. Members of the Continental Congress drafted the Declaration of Independence and sent it to Britain officially claiming to be a new nation.

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Britain recognizes American Independence. This marks the end of a war that nobody thought the U.S. had a chance to win.

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The Louisiana Purchase between the U.S. and France occurred. The U.S. spent $15 million to acquire all of the land west of the Mississippi.

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The U.S. declared war on Britain for interfering with their shipments and trade. Washington D.C. was captured by the British and the White House and capital building were brunt down. The star spangled banner was also written at the conclusion of the war.

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The first public railroad was completed. This was a key factor in westward expansion because it made trade and travel much easier and less expensive.

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Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. After news spread that gold had been discovered there, thousands of Americans dropped everything they had and moved to California. By 1849, it was the peak of the Gold Rush, thus, creating the name forty-niners for the many miners that searched for gold there. This event greatly increased America's westward expansion.

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Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest and most remembered presidents of the America, was elected on this day. His election spurred on the most brutal and deadliest war in American history. Soon after he was elected, South Carolina seceded from the Union and was then followed by the Civil War.

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11 states had seceded from the U.S. and the Confederate states were formed. Jefferson Davis was elected as president of them a day later.

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The Civil War was the conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states and over the preservation of the Union. This war was had a higher fatality rate out of all of the wars fought in America combined. This sad event shaped our government for the better and opened the eyes of Americans to the brutality of slavery.

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Spanish- American War took place after the USS Maine was blown up in Havana harbor by Spain.  The war ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power.

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The Wright Flyer performed the first recorded controlled, powered, sustained heavier than air flight. The combustion engine also grew and automobile manufacturing exploded as well as other industrial improvements.

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World War I was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century geopolitical history. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties (in Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey), resulted in the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, and, in its destabilization of European society, laid the groundwork for World War II.

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With the ending of World War I a housing boom in Britain and the United States leads to an increase in home ownership. Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified on August 18, giving women the right to vote.

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Great Depression, worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.

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World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945. One positive of the war is that it helped the U.S. get out of the Great Depression as companies began to manufacture for war.