1513 Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida in search of the fountain of youth
1607 The English establish the ill-fated Jamestown colony in Virginia
"Old Ship" Puritan meetinghouse in Hingham, Massachusetts
1620 The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
1682 William Penn founds Pennsylvania
Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe transforms history painting
1765 The British Parliament inflames revolutionary sentiments by imposing the Stamp Act
1773 American patriots dump tea in Boston Harbor
1781 Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, ending the American Revolution
The Townsend-Goddard shop in Newport, Rhode Island, pioneers the blockfront style of furniture design
1789 George Washington is...