When the new nation needed a leader, Washington answered the call.

With a tax law in 1765, Great Britain stirs up fury and resistance in her American colonies.

Reaching all thirteen colonies, the Great Awakening established a lasting part of America's landscape.

The conflict between France and Britain reaches America with expensive results.

The colony of Maryland was intended as a refuge for Catholics in the New World.

William Penn sailed for Pennsylvania with great ambitions for a new Quaker colony in the New World.

The Puritans sail for New England to establish their "City upon a hill".

In search of freedom, the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth.

The British establish Jamestown as their first permanent settlement in America.

The first British colony in the New World, Roanoke, remains a mystery to this day.

The Spanish make their permanent mark on the New World.

How a discovery and mistake led to our name.

Columbus opened up the way to one world and left his mark on America.

We begin at the beginning, with the first Americans.