| Term | Definition |
| 1526 | African Slaves first settlers in America |
| 1565 | Spanish establish a fort on St. Augustine, Florida |
| 1607 | James Town founded |
| 1619 | First slave ship arrives in America |
| 1754-1763 | French and Indian War (Seven Years War 1756) |
| 1776 | Decleration of Independance |
| 1787 | US Constitution Proposed |
| 1791 | Bill of Rights |
| 1846-1848 | War with Mexico |
| 1861-1865 | Civil War |
| 1865-1877 | First Reconstruction |
| 1882 | Chinese exclusionary act |
| 1896 | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
| 1898 | Spanish American War |
| 1914 | WWI |
| 1917 | Russian Rev. |
| 1920 | 19th amendment ratified |
| 1929 | Great Depression |
| Dec. 7, 1941 | US enters WWII |
| 1954 | Brown vs. Board |
| 1964 | Freedom Summer/ 2nd Reconstruction |
| 1964-1972 | Gulf of Toakin Res./ Vietnam War |
| 1965 | Cesar Chavez UFW |
| 1986 | Iran / Contragate Scandal |