“History of the United States of America”

1. Pre-Colonial America

• Native American civilizations
• Early European explorers
• Magna Carta (1215):
• Columbus Letter Announcing His Discovery (1493):

2. Colonial America

• Jamestown (1607)
• Plymouth and the Pilgrims (1620)
• The Mayflower Compact (1620)
• Salem witch trials (1692)
• The Thirteen Colonies
• Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges (1701):

3. Revolutionary America

• The French and Indian War (1754–1763)
• The Stamp Act (1765)
• Boston Tea Party (1773)
• Declaration of Independence (1776)
• American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)

4. Formation of the New Nation

• Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death (Patrick Henry, 1775):
• Articles of Confederation (1777):
• Bill of Rights and the Later Amendments
• Articles of Confederation (1781)
• The U.S. Constitution (1787)
• Constitution of the United States (ratified 1788):

5. Early Republic

• Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (1790):
• Richard Allen (1794): A Resounding Voice Against Slavery
• Washington’s Farewell Address (1796):

6. Early National Period

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)
• War of 1812
• The Star Spangled Banner (1814)
• The Monroe Doctrine (1823)

7. Antebellum Period

• The Indian Removal Act (1830)
• Choctaw Chief George W. Harkins to the American People (1832)
• The Abolitionist Movement
• Texas Independence (1836)
• The Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
• California Gold Rush (1848–1855)
• Daniel Webster’s “Seventh of March” Speech (1850)
• Lincoln’s House Divided Speech (1858)

8. Civil War Era

• The election of Abraham Lincoln (1860)
• The Civil War (1861–1865)

1. Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address (1861)
2. The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
3. The Gettysburg Address (1863)
4. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865)

• Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1865)
• Reconstruction Era (1865–1877)

9. Gilded Age and Progressive Era

• Industrialization
• The Pledge of Allegiance (1892)
• The Spanish-American War (1898)
• The Progressive Era (1896–1917) of United States America.
• The American’s Creed (1918)
• FDR’s Infamy Speech
• Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You” (John F. Kennedy, 1961)

10. Early 20th Century

• World War I (1917–1918 for U.S. involvement)
• The Roaring Twenties
• The Great Depression (1929–1939)
• The New Deal

11. World War II Era

• World War II (1941–1945 for U.S. involvement)
• The Holocaust
• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945)

12. Post-War Era

• The Cold War
• The Korean War (1950–1953)
• Civil Rights Movement (1950s–1960s)
• The Vietnam War (1955–1975)
• The Space Race

13. Late 20th Century

• Watergate scandal (1970s)
• The Reagan Era (1980s)
• “Tear Down This Wall” (Ronald Reagan, 1987)
• The Gulf War (1990–1991)
• The end of the Cold War

14. 21st Century

• 9/11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
• The Iraq War (2003–2011)
• The 2008 Financial Crisis
• Social and technological changes

U.S. Constitutional Amendments (from the 11th to the 27th)

15. Other Important Events and Topics

• Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny
• Immigration and the melting pot
• Native American policies and reservations
• Women’s suffrage and feminism
• LGBTQ+ rights movement