Build your own American history timeline. Pick an era to get started.
Ancient civilizations across the Americas before European contact. Explore the rich cultures, trade networks, and ways of life of the millions of Indigenous peoples who called this land home.
European voyages, encounters, and the Columbian Exchange — the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and Europe that changed both worlds forever, with devastating consequences for Indigenous peoples.
Settlements, colonies, and the road to revolution. Explore the founding of Jamestown in 1607, the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620, and the lives of the people — settlers, enslaved Africans, and Indigenous nations — who shaped this era.
The American republic from founding to the present day. Trace the Revolution, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the ongoing story of who gets to be part of American democracy.
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