Events
England founds & settles Jamestown, VirginiaLast English colony (Georgia) foundedDeclaration of IndependenceTreaty of ParisArticles of Confederation AdoptedLand Ordinance of 1785Northwest OrdinanceConstitution draftedConstitution ratifiedJudiciary Act of 1789Federalist & Republican parties formedGeorge Washington inaugurated as PresidentBill of Rights draftedMarbury v. MadisonLouisiana PurchaseMissouri CompromiseMonroe DoctrineDred Scott v. SanfordSouth Carolina secedesAbraham Lincoln inaugurated PresidentConfederacy formedBattle of GettysburgGeneral Lee surrenders at AppomattoxLincoln assassinatedReconstruction ActDawes Act (assigned land to Indians)Interstate Commerce ActSherman Antitrust ActAmerican Federation of Labor foundedPlessy v. FergusonWright Brothers make first heavier-than-air flightHenry Ford introduces Model TU.S. enters WWITreaty of Versailles signedHarlem RenaissanceLindenbergh flies solo to ParisStock Market Crashes (Black Tuesday)Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as PresidentHitler becomes Chancellor of GermanyPearl HarborUnited States enters WWIIDoolittle RaidGermany surrendersJapan surrendersUnited Nations (UN) intervenes in KoreaArmistice ends Korean WarUnited States begins to provide aid to South VietnamAlaska & Hawaii become statesSputnik launched into spaceJohn Glenn circles globeCivil Rights march on Washington (“I have a dream” speech)Kennedy assassinatedCivil Rights Act passedFirst United States combat troops land in VietnamNational Organization for Women foundedMartin Luther King Jr. assassinatedRobert Kennedy assassinatedAmerican astronauts land on the moonWatergate scandalNixon resigns from the PresidencySALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) signedHelsinki Accords signedCamp David Accords signedIranians seize American hostagesUnited States invades GrenadaBerlin Wall comes downUnited States sends troops to Saudi ArabiaCollapse of the Soviet UnionClinton defeats Bush & PerotColumbine High School shootingTerrorist planes crash into the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon, and PennsylvaniaUnited States invades Afghanistan & IraqSpace Shuttle Columbia disasterBarack Obama Elected 44th PresidentSocial Networking RevolutionPeriods
Columbus lands at San Salvador Island (Bahamas)French & Indian WarRevolutionary WarShay’s Rebellion beginsWhiskey RebellionWar of 1812 (ending with Treaty of Ghent)Women’s Rights convention at Seneca Falls, New YorkCivil WarSpanish American WarWorld War IGreat DepressionGermany invades Poland (Start of WWII)World War IIAtomic bombs dropped on Japan (Hiroshima & Nagasaki)Korean WarBrown v. Board of EducationMontgomery bus boycottVietnam WarCold WarCuban Missile CrisisCivil Rights MovementOPEC embargoes oilIran Contra affairPersian Gulf CrisisThe Los Angeles RiotsGlobal financial crisis
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