• American History 100 Facts
• Jamestown [Virginia], the first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607.
• The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.
• The Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 and ratified in 1789.
• President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
• The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865.
• The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts in April 1775.
• Concord, Massachusetts was the site of the first battle of the American Revolution.
• The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the American Revolution. 
• The British defeat at Yorktown, Virginia by George Washington's troops signaled the end of the American Revolution.
• The Constitution was w