This updated version of the timeline from americasbesthistory.com covers the most important historic events from 1491 until today. It is a primer for students to adults to put the Timeline of the United States, and before that, colonial America, in perspective and as an easy to use reference tool and trivia quiz for the history buff in your life from junior high school age students to adults. It is not a book of comprehensive articles, but short paragraphs reminding us the when and what of American history, with the most important events of each decade or year highlighted in order to understand the flow from pre-Columbus days until the present. Updated with new photographs and decade years through 2021.