The document provides a timeline of key events in American history from 1620 to 1789, including the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620, colonists becoming angered by British acts and taxes in the 1700s, the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775, the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the official end of the war in 1784, and George Washington becoming the first President in 1789. Images are provided to accompany each timeline event.