Discusses how and why American colonist protested high taxes from Great Britain by dumping tea in the Boston Harbor in 1773. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Describes the events when a small barn fire ignited into one of the greatest urban disasters in U.S. history. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Explores the events leading to the Louisiana Purchase, discussing significant individuals, the Treaty of Paris, the Jay Treaty of 1794, how the U.S. financed the deal, and other related topics.

Explores the 1929 Stock Market Crash and how that event has sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Explores the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and how that event has sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

A look at the famous court case Brown v. the Board of Education.

Explores the Lewis and Clark Expedition and how that event has sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Photographs and text offer a detailed chronology of the events of September 11, 2001, in which the largest terrorist attack on American soil was carried out, changing the country, and the world, forever.