Events
PREHISTORY-AD1400Out of Africa MigrationColumbus discovers New World (1492)Ponce de Leon to Florida (1510)Mayflower returns to England (1621)Jamestown founded (1621)Boston Tea Party (1773)First Continental Congress (1774)Declaration of Independence (1776)D-Day Invasion (1776)Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr duel (1804)Louisiana Purchase (1803)War of 1812 (Revolutionary War pt2)Families head west for new life (1846)California Gold Rush (1848)Battle of the Alamo (1836)Indian Relocation Act (1830)Mormons sent to Utah (1845)Election of Abraham Lincoln (1860)Compromise of 1850Kansas Nebraska Act (1864)Bleeding Kansas (1854)Cotton Gin invented (1794)South Carolina secedes; Secession begins (1860)John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859)Emancipation Proclamation (1863)First Transcontinental Railroad (1869)Statue of Liberty given from France (1885)Carnegie and Steel (1875)Skyscrapers/Constructions(1902)Fire starts in the shirt factory (1911)Sewers built, sanitation comes in play (1905)Thomas Edison and the lightbulb (1902)Alaska purchased (1867)Hawaii becomes Americas (1898)Spanish-American War (1898)Puerto Rico, Philippines + Other islands (1898)US becomes a World Power (1900)Alexander Graham Bell and the telephonePANIC OF 1893Labor unions start (late 1800's)Progressive EraRoosevelt becomes PresidentWright brothers fly first airplaneHenry Ford builds first carPanama Canal opensRussian Revolution (1917)First Atomic Bomb explodedFDR dies, Hitler commits suicide (1945)Germany surrenders (V-E Day, 1945)Beginning of Cold War (1946)Cuban Revolution (1959)Assassination of President Kennedy (1963)Collapse of Communism in Europe (1989)End of Cold War (1991)Breakup of the Soviet Union (1990)Formation of the European Union (1992)Europe adopts the euro (2002)9/11 (2001)Election of President Obama (2008)Periods
Beringia (15000-18000BC)Aztec Empire (1300-1521)Starving Time 1609-1614Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775-1783)War for Independence (1776-1782)Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)Mexican American War (1846-1848)Civil War (1861-1865)Erie Canal being built (1817-1825)Underground Railroad (1850-60)Cattle drives in Great PlainsHomesteading the Plains (1862-1879)Plains War (1874-81)Electricity for cities (1880-90)Immigration to America (1870-1924)World War I (1914-1918)World-wide Depression (1929-1941)World War II (1939-1945)Korean War (1950-1953)Civil Rights MovementVietnam War (1965-1973)Iraq War (2003-2011)
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