|   | 
			 Date | 
			 Event(s) | 
		
	
| 1  | 1706  | - 17 Jan 1706—17 Apr 1790: Benjamin Franklin
 Founding Father 
  | 
| 2  | 1732  | - 22 Feb 1732—14 Dec 1799: George Washington
 Founding Father 
  | 
| 3  | 1775  | - 1775—1783: Revolutionary War
 The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or Simply the Revolutionary War in the United States, 
  | 
| 4  | 1812  | - 18 Jun 1812—17 Feb 1815: War of 1812
 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its ...
Origins 
  | 
| 5  | 1861  | - 12 Apr 1861—9 Apr 1865: Civil War
 The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South") 
  |