Time Line:

1607 - British Colonist settle in Jamestown (New World Dream is sold)

1619 - Slave ships arrive in Jamestown

1671 - “White” is used as an adjective according to the Oxford Dictionary

1676 - Nathaniel Bacon Rebellion (White and Black Social Class Established)

1787 - US Constitution Drafted

1788 - US Constitution Ratified (June 21st)

1791- Bill of Rights (December 15th)

1860 - Abraham Lincoln elected president (November 6th)

1861 - Confederate States of America formed (February 8th)

1861 - Civil War Begins (April 12th)

1862 - Emancipation Proclamation issued as a threat (September)

1863 - Emancipation Proclamation Officially Issue (January 1st)

1865 - Civil War Ends (April 9th)

1865 - President Lincoln is assassinated (April 15th)

1865 - Andrew Johnson becomes president (April 15th - May 4th 1869)

1865 - Juneteenth (Slaves freed in Galveston, Texas - June 19th)

1865 - 13th Amendment ratified officially abolishing slavery (December 6th)