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Here are the 30 Must-Known Historical Events That Happened in America: 1. The American Revolutionary War. A collection of public domain images of the American Revolutionary War, together in a montage. Photo by Eugène Lami on Wikimedia. Great Britain was the colonists of America for several decades before they fought for their independence.
From the Boston Tea Party to the “shot heard round the world,” Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River, and the Valley Forge winter, the American Revolution’s pursuit of liberty was made meaningful by the founding document of the great American experiment in democracy.
Many of those moments are easy to name: the assassinations, the invasions, the elections. Many are more subtle, their impact visible only in hindsight. With that in mind, TIME invited...
Explore important topics and moments in U.S. history through historical primary sources from the Library of Congress. Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763; The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783; The New Nation, 1783 - 1815; National Expansion and Reform, 1815 - 1880; Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877; Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900
Change takes place over years, but moments remind us how we got where we are. TIME asked historians to select events that resonate today.
American history can be divided into eight major eras. From the colonies to the Cold War, discover how the events of these periods shaped the nation.
The 1960s saw John F. Kennedy elected to the White House and gains in civil rights before America splintered amid cultural divisions and Vietnam War protests.
For a good timeline, check out the America's Best History Timeline, which counts down the five most important events of most years in American history from the 1400's to the present day, with detailed entries for more information.
The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial...
The timeline is a multitouch application on a tabletop computer that features 101 moments of consequence in American history. With so many significant events in the history of the United States how did we pick just 101?