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The following time line shows major events in American History. Click on any of the events for more detail.
| Native Americans | Christopher Columbus | European Exploration | The First Thanksgiving | The British Colonies | |||||
| Pre-1400 | 1492 | 1492-1610 | 1621 | 1622-1649 | 1650-1674 | 1675-1699 | |||
| The French and Indian War | Missions of California (1769-1834) | The American Revolution | Birth of the United States | ||||||
| 1700-1709 | 1710-1719 | 1720-1729 | 1730-1739 | 1740-1749 | 1750-1759 | 1760-1769 | 1770-1779 | 1780-1789 | 1790-1799 |
| The Louisiana Purchase | The War of 1812 | Slavery | The California Gold Rush | The Civil War | Industrial Revolution | ||||
| 1800-1809 | 1810-1819 | 1820-1829 | 1830-1839 | 1840-1849 | 1850-1859 | 1860-1869 | 1870-1879 | 1880-1889 | 1890-1899 |
| The Mexican War | |||||||||
| First Flight | World War I | The Great Depression | World War II | The Moon Landing | Vietnam War | Watergate | |||
| 1900-1909 | 1910-1919 | 1920-1929 | 1930-1939 | 1940-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990- |
| The Automobile Era | The Radio Era | The Atomic Bomb | The Television Era | Woodstock | The Computer Era | The Internet Era | |||