American History

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    1600s

    1607- Jamestown was founded
    1619- The first slaves arrived in America. The first families arrived in Jamestown.
    1620- America’s first colony to be based on religious principles.
    1630- Puritans came to Massachusetts.
    1638- Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts for her religious views.
    1688- King William’s War.
    1692- Salem Witch Trials.
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    1700s

    1754- The French and Indian War
    1765- The Stamp Act
    1770- The Boston Massacre
    1773- The Boston Tea Party occurred
    1775- The Lexington and Concord
    1776- Declaration of Independence was Signed
    1787- U.S. Constitution
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    1800s PT 1.

    1803- The Louisiana Purchase
    1812- The war of 1812
    1830- The Underground Railroad
    1844- Samuel Morse sends his first telegraph message
    1860- Abraham Lincoln was elected as president
    1861- The civil war begins
    1863- July 1-3 was the Battle of Gettysburg
    1864- President Lincoln was assassinated.
    1865- The civil war ends
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    General Civil War questions from 1800-1900

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    1900-2000

    1908- The Model T is built by Henry Ford.
    1929- The Stock Market Crashed.
    Dec 7, 1941- Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
    1945- The United States drops two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan.
    1955- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
    1969- First man on the Moon.
    1989- The Berlin Wall is torn down.
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    2000-Present

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