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