American and Canadian History

Columbus discovers America

Oct 12, 1492

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain. He discovered America

The Civil War

Apr 12, 1861

http://www.soldierstudies.org/index.php?action=webquest_1

World War 1

Jul 14, 1914

http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/images/ww1main.jpg World War I was calledthe world war or the great war from the start to 1939.This war started in Europe in July on the 28th of 1914.This is when the powers,which were assembled into two groups; The Allies and The Central Powers.

World War II

Sep 22, 1939

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II was a global conflict between most of the world's nations including all of the great powers. It eventually formed 2 opposing military alliances.

The Cold War

Oct 21, 1945

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First Landing on The man

Jul 20, 1969

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/Images/Apollo-11-moon-landing-3.jpg The successful moon landing of the Apollo 11 on July 20th of 1969.The first people were Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin,Jr.

Quebec votes to secede from Canada

Jun 12, 1995

http://www.igda.org/quebec-city

American Revolution

Nov 23, 2011

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