Reconstructed Fort Necessity In 1754, Colonel George Washington and his small military force were busy constructing Fort Necessity, east...

In 1774, On June 2, 1774, the British Parliament  renews the Quartering Act. The Quartering Act, in conjunction with the Massachusetts...

Andrew Jackson In 1806, Andrew Jackson, who later served as president of the United States (1829–37), fatally shot Charles Dickinson in a...

Banastre Tarleton In 1780, the treatment of Patriot prisoners by British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Loyalist troops leads to the...

In 1754, In the first engagement of the French and Indian War , a Virginia  militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George...

Benjamin Rush In 1813, Thomas Jefferson writes to John Adams to let him know their mutual friend and fellow signer of the Declaration of...

In 17891, Major General Nathanael Greene and 1,000 Patriots attempt an attack on the critical village of Ninety Six in the South...

Coercive Acts In 1774, King George III approves the Coercive Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party In 1805, the King of Spain...

Cynthia Parker as an adult In 1836, a raiding party of Comanche, Kiowa, and Kichai warriors attacked Fort Parker (in...

Button Gwinnett In 1777, Button Gwinnett, a Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence is fatally wounded in a duel with General...

In 1607, Jamestown was settled by E nglish settlers arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King...

In 1848, Congress authorized a declaration of war against Mexico. In 1864, the first military interment occurred on the grounds of...

Major General Benjamin Lincoln In 1780, Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the Continental Army was forced to surrender with 7,000...

In 1754, Join, or Die , considered to be the first American political cartoon, was printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette . The cartoon...

Hernando de Soto reaches Mississippi In 1541, Spanish Conquistator Hernando De Soto reaches the Mississippi. He is the first European to...

Conspiracy of Pontiac, by Gari Melchers, 1921. Courtesy the Library of Congress [LC-D416-872]. In 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion against the...

HMS Sloop of War Falcon In 1775, HMS Sloop of war Falcon seized two small sloops at [New] Bedford, Massachusetts to use as transports. In...

In 1780 at Haddrell's Point, South Carolina British Major Patrick Ferguson and 60 American Loyalist Volunteers marched to Haddrell's...

In 1718, the San Antonio de Valero Mission now known as the Alama was established in modern-day San Antonio. In 1777, A change in...

In 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. The ceremony occurred in New...