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A protest by American colonists against British taxation. Disguised as Mohawk Indians, they boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, opposing the Tea Act and British control. It escalated tensions, helping spark the American Revolution. -
The first shots, 'the shot heard around the world' are taken at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolutionary War. -
After oppressive taxation and a lack of representation, the Thirteen Colonies begin a war of independence against Great Britain. With the revolution successful, a republic is established.
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On the 4th July, members of Congress signed the Declaration of Independence, officially seceding the Thirteen Colonies from the British Empire and becoming their Independence Day. Thus marked the birth of the United States of America. -
George Washingston, as candidate for the Independent Party, is elected the 1st President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
John Adams, as candidate for the Federalist Party, is elected the 2nd President of the United States of America. -
Thomas Jefferson, as candidate for the Democratic-Republican Party, is elected the 3rd President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
James Madison, as candidate for the Democratic-Republican Party, is elected the 4th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
James Monroe, as candidate for the Democratic-Republican Party, is elected the 5th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
John Quincy Adams, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 6th President of the United States of America. -
Andrew Jackson, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 7th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
Martin Van Buren, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 8th President of the United States of America. -
William Henry Harrison, as candidate for the Whig Party, is elected the 9th President of the United States of America. -
John Tyler, as a member for the Whig Party and Vice-President, becomes the 10th President of the United States of America after President Zachary Taylor dies. -
James Knox Polk, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 11th President of the United States of America. -
Zachary Taylor, as candidate for the Whig Party, is elected the 12th President of the United States of America. -
Millard Fillmore, as a member for the Whig Party and Vice-President, becomes the 13th President of the United States of America after President Zachary Taylor dies. -
Franklin Pierce, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 14th President of the United States of America. -
James Buchanan Junior, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 15th President of the United States of America. -
Abraham Lincoln, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 16th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
A civil war fought between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy) over slavery and states’ rights. Triggered by the secession of Southern states, it became the deadliest war in U.S. history. The Union, led by President Lincoln, eventually defeated the Confederacy. The war ended slavery and preserved the United States as one nation.
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Andrew Johnson, as a member for the Republican Party and Vice-President, becomes the 17th President of the United States of America after President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. -
Ulysses S. Grant né Hiram Ulysses Grant, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 18th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 19th President of the United States of America. -
James Abram Garfield, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 20th President of the United States of America. -
Chester Alan Arthur, as a member for the Republican Party and Vice-President, becomes the 21st President of the United States of America after President James Abram Garfield is assassinated. -
Stephen Grover Cleveland, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 22nd President of the United States of America. -
Benjamin Harrison, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 23rd President of the United States of America. -
Stephen Grover Cleveland, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 24th President of the United States of America. This is his 2nd term. -
William McKinley, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 25th President of the United States of America. -
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Junior, as a member for the Republican Party and Vice-President, becomes the 26th President of the United States of America for 2 terms after President William McKinley dies. -
William Howard Taft, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 27th President of the United States of America. -
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 28th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the nations of Europe and their empires spiral into war because of their alliances. America, on 4/6/17, joins the Triple Entente of Britain, France and Russia against Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, after the Zimmermann Telegram, encouraging Mexico to go to war with the US is discovered by British Intelligence.
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America joins the Triple Entente of Britain, France and Russia against Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, after the Zimmermann Telegram, encouraging Mexico to go to war with the US is discovered by British Intelligence. -
Warren Gamaliel Harding, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 29th President of the United States of America. -
Calvin Coolidge né John Calvin Coolidge Junior, as a member for the Republican Party and Vice-President, becomes the 30th President of the United States of America after President Warren Gamaliel Harding dies. -
Herbert Clark Hoover, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 31st President of the United States of America. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 32nd President of the United States of America for 4 terms. -
A global conflict involving most of the world’s nations. It began when Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. The Allies—mainly the U.S., UK, Soviet Union, and China—fought against the Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan. It ended with the defeat of the Axis in 1945, after the Holocaust, atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and over 70 million deaths worldwide.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbour, Congress votes to go to war against the Axis Powers. FDR gives his famous 'Day of Infamy' speech. -
After the Second World War, the US and USSR became the dominant world superpowers. The Cold War was a series of conflicts and espionage fought across the world backed by the 2 power, influencing nations to promulgate their ideology, Capitalism (America) and Communism (Soviets). The war ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Harry S. Truman, as a member for the Democratic Party and Vice-President, becomes the 33rd President of the United States of America for 2 terms after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies. -
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 34th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
The Vietnam War was a long, chaotic struggle between North Vietnam (communist) and South Vietnam (anti-communist), with the U.S. heavily backing the South. It became a symbol of Cold War tensions, guerrilla warfare, and deep political divides. Despite massive effort, the U.S. withdrew in 1973, and by 1975, North Vietnam took over. It left scars at home and abroad—on jungles, cities, soldiers, and generations—marking a conflict where victory was unclear and the cost, immense.
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John "Jack" Fitzgerald Kennedy, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 35th President of the United States of America. -
An American U-2 spy plane captures photographic evidence that the Soviets have stationed nuclear weapons in Cuba, causing a major international incident. A blockade is called, and when the Kremlin does not back down tensions become critical, America goes to DEFCON 2, preparing for all out war. An agreement is made between Kennedy and Krushchev removing the missiles. The U.S. removes missiles from Turkey, agreeing not to invade Cuba. This is the closest mankind has ever come to thermonuclear war. -
Lyndon Baines Johnson, as a member for the Democratic Party and Vice-President, becomes the 36th President of the United States of America after President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is assassinated. -
While driving in the back of a car with his wife Jackie through Dallas, Texas, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the US was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was arrested but shot and killed himself, sparking conspiracy theories. -
Richard Milhous Nixon, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 37th President of the United States of America. -
For the first time in history, a living human being steps foot on the Moon, marking one of the greatest achievements mankind has ever achieved. Neil Armstrong is given the honor, saying "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." With the planting of the American flag, the Space Race against the Soviets is won. -
Gerald Rudolph Ford Junior né Leslie Lynch King Junior, as a member for the Republican Party and Vice-President, becomes the 38th President of the United States of America after President Richard Nixon resigns from office. -
James Earl Carter Junior, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 39th President of the United States of America. -
Ronald Wilson Reagan, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 40th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
George Herbert Walker Bush, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 42nd President of the United States of America. -
William Jefferson Clinton né Blythe III, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 42nd President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
George Walker Bush, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 43rd President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
On September 11th 2001, members of the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 planes full of passengers, 2 of which crashed into the World Trade Centre, also called the Twin Towers, causing the skyscrapers to collapse. 1 plane crashed into the Pentagon, another was brought down by the passengers fighting back. The moment became a national tragedy that sparked the War on Terror, forever altering American foreign policy and security. -
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and Islamic terrorist attacks taking place across the Western world, America leads a War on Terror against terrorist organisations and countries supporting them, invading nations such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Under the Bush administration, a coalition of US, British, Australian and Polish forces invaded Iraq to remove dictator Saddam Hussein from power, to eliminate WMDs, and to gather intel and root out terrorist organisations. -
Barack Hussein Obama II, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 44th President of the United States of America for 2 terms. -
Donald John Trump, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 45th President of the United States of America. -
Joseph Robinette Biden Junior, as candidate for the Democratic Party, is elected the 46th President of the United States of America. -
Donald John Trump, as candidate for the Republican Party, is elected the 47th President of the United States of America. This is his 2nd term.