1863
1968
Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
1783
Salem Witch Trials
Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
1836
Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War
The War of 1812 begins
The Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin (engine)
1692
1794
1791
Texas wins independence from Mexico
1853
1607
1812
Jamestown is established as the first permanent British settlement in the New World
The Gadsden Purchase finalizes the borders of the modern contiguous United States
