1776 ~ The Declaration of Independence
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1777 ~ Articles of Confederation
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1760–1827 ~ Deborah Sampson
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1783 ~ Treaty of Paris
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1789–1797 ~ First President of the U.S.
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1780 ~ Betsy Ross Flag
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1787 ~ Constitutional Convention
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1790 ~ Washington, DC Established
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1791 ~ Bill of Rights
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1765–1825 ~ Eli Whitney
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1803 ~ Louisiana Purchase
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1804–1806 ~ Lewis and Clark Expedition
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1778–1812 ~ Sacagawea
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1774–1845 ~ Johnny Appleseed
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1807 ~ Embargo Act (10:16)
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The Barbary Pirates
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1812–1815 ~ War of 1812
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1814 ~ The “Star-Spangled Banner”
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1819 ~ Adams-Onis Treaty
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1820 ~ Missouri Compromise
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1823 ~ Monroe Doctrine
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1845 ~ Manifest Destiny
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1825 ~ Erie Canal
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1825 ~ Founding of Quincy, IL
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1830–1838 ~ Trail of Tears
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1767–1845 ~Andrew Jackson
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Abolitionism and Underground Railroad
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1831 ~ Nat Turner
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1835–1836 ~ War of Texas Independence
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1836 ~ “Remember the Alamo”
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1837~ Morse Code Invented
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1791–1872 ~ Samuel F. B. Morse
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1843–1880 ~ Oregon Trail
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1817–1862 ~ Henry David Thoreau
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1818–1895 ~ Frederick Douglass
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1846 ~ The Sewing Machine
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1849 ~ Gold Rush
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Compromise of 1850
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1850 ~ Fugitive Slave Act
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1857 ~ Dred Scott Decision
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1854–1890 ~ Plains Wars
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1860–1862 ~ Pony Express
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1862 ~ Cowboys and the Homestead Act
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1862 ~ The Homestead Act
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1821–1912 ~ Clara Barton
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