In 1492, the existence of America became known in medieval Europe after Christopher Columbus visited the islands of the West Indies and during his second voyage in 1493 he personally landed on the island of Puerto Rico, now a state associated with the United States.

Brief US History:
- The early history of America (before 1607)
- Colonial period (1607-1775)
- The colonization of America by the British (1607-1775)
- Thirteen colonies
- Background of the War of Independence
- First Continental Congress
- War of Independence (1775–1783)
- Creation of government institutions
- The course of hostilities
- The formation of the American state (1783-1865)
- Expansion (1783-1853)
- Louisiana Purchase (1803-1804)
- The Anglo-American War (1812-1815) and the demarcation of the borders with Canada
- Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
- The War of Rent (1839–1846)
- Oregon Treaty
- The Texas Revolution (1836–1846)
- The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and the demarcation of the border with Mexico
- Background of the US Civil War
- Slavery in the USA
- Missouri Compromise (1820)
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and the Kansas Civil War (1854-1858)
- The Civil War (1861-1865)
- Reconstruction and industrialization (1865–1890)
- United States before the First World War (1890-1914)
- USA in the First World War (1914-1918)
- History of the United States (1918-1945)
- "Prosperity" (1922-1929)
- The Great Depression and the "New Deal"
- The Second World War (1939-1945)
- United States during the Cold War (1945-1991)
- The beginning of the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement (1945-1964)
- Counter-cultural revolution and detente (1964-1980)
- "Reaganomics" and the end of the Cold War (1981-1991)
- Foreign policy in the 2nd half of the 20th century.
- The United States of America in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.