American History
The Story of America
From the first Americans to the modern republic, the key events, people, and turning points that made the United States what it is today.
📖 ~40 min read•15,000 BCE to the Present•7 Eras · 30+ Key Events
Columbus's 1492 landing initiated centuries of European colonization.
Discovery & Colonization
1492–1763
Long before European explorers arrived, North America was home to tens of millions of Indigenous people, hundreds of distinct nations with their own languages, governments, trade networks, and cultures. European contact changed everything, forever.