Leading up to the war (1754-1775)
- 1754 | French and Indian War begins
  - 1756 | Seven Years' War begins
- 1764 | Sugar Act
- 1765 | Stamp Act
- 1766 | Stamp Act repealed
- Townshend Duties
- Boston Massacre
- Gaspee incident
- Boston Tea Party
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
- Battles of Lexington and Concord
  - Shot heard around the world
- Declaration of Independence
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware
- Battles of Saratoga
- Battle of Yorktown
- Treaty of Paris
The New Nation (1783-1815)
- Constitutional Convention
- Bill of Rights ratified
- George Washington inaugurated President
- George Washington re-inaugurated President
- John Adams inaugurated President
- Thomas Jefferson inaugurated President
- Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis and Clark expedition
- The Embargo Act
- Non-Intercourse Act
- Macon's Bill No.2
- The Battle of Tippecanoe
- War of 1812
National Expansion and Reform (1815-1860)
- Trail of Tears
- Penny Press
- Panic of 1837
- Mexican/American War
- Seneca Falls Convention
- California Gold Rush
- Dred Scott decision
Civil War (1860-1865)
- Abraham Lincoln elected President
- South Carolina secedes from the United States
- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas secede
- Battle of Fort Sumpter
- Battle of Bull Run
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- New York City Draft Riots
- Surrender at Appomattox
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
The Progressive Era (1890-1913)
World War I (1914-1918)
Roaring Twenties (1918-1929)
The Great Depression/leading up to the war (1929-1939)
World War II (1939-1945)
Modern Era (1945-TODAY)

The New Nation (1783-1815) George Washington | 1789-1793 George Washington | 1793-1797 | John Adams | 1797-1801 Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1805 Thomas Jefferson | 1805-1809 James Madison | 1809-1813 James Madison | 1813-1817 National Expansion and Reform (1815-1860) James Monroe | 1817-1821 James Monroe | 1821-1825 John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 Andrew Jackson | 1829-1833 Andrew Jackson | 1833-1837 Martin Van Buren | 1837-1841 William Henry Harrison | 1841 | DIED IN OFFICE John Tyler | 1841-1845 James K. Polk | 1845-1849 Zachary Taylor | 1849-1850 | DIED IN OFFICE Millard Fillmore | 1850-1853 | TOOK PLACE OF TAYLOR Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 James Buchanan | 1857-1861 Civil War (1860-1865) Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 Reconstruction (1865-1877) Andrew Johnson | 1865-1869 Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1873 Ulysses S. Grant | 1873-1877 The Progressive Era (1877-1914) Rutherford B. Hayes | 1877-1881 James A. Garfield | 1881 | ASSASSINATED Chester A. Arthur | 1881-1885 Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889 Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 Grover Cleveland | 1893-1897 William McKinley | 1897-1901 Theodore Roosevelt | 1901-1905 Theodore Roosevelt | 1905-1909 William Howard Taft | 1909-1913 World War I (1914-1918) Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1917 Woodrow Wilson | 1917-1921 Roaring Twenties (1918-1929) Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | DIED Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1924 | TOOK PLACE OF HARDING Calvin Coolidge | 1924-1929 The Great Depression/leading up to the war (1929-1939) Herbert Hoover | 1929-1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933-1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1937-1941 World War II (1939-1945) Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1941-1945 Modern Era (1945-TODAY) Harry S. Truman | 1945-1949 Harry S. Truman | 1949-1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1953-1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1957-1961 John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | ASSASSINATED Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1965 | TOOK PLACE OF KENNEDY Lyndon B. Johnson | 1965-1969 Richard M. Nixon | 1969-1973 Richard M. Nixon | 1973-1974 | RESIGNED Gerald R. Ford | 1974-1977 | TOOK PLACE OF NIXON Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 Ronald Reagan | 1981-1985 Ronald Reagan | 1985-1989 George Bush | 1989-1993 William J. Clinton | 1993-1997 William J. Clinton | 1997-2001 George W. Bush | 2001-2005 George W. Bush | 2005-2009 Barack Obama | 2009-2013 Barack Obama | 2013-2017 Donald J. Trump | 2017-2021 Joseph R. Biden Jr. | 2021-2025 Donald J. Trump | 2025 - ...