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English settle in Jamestown, Virginia
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Boston Tea Party
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Start of Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independence
Announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as 13 newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Articles of Confederation signed
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End of Revolutionary War
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Philadelphia Convention
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Constitution Ratified
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Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
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Marbury v Madison
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Dred Scott v Sanford
Decided that African Americans could be American citizens. -
American Civil War
The war between the states: Key issues- Lincoln and Slavery. -
End of Slavery
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civil rights amendment 13: abolition of slavery
Slavery was abolished but still permitted as a punishment for a crime. -
Amendment 14 - Civil Rights
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Amendment 15: Black suffrage
The right to vote shall not be decided on race. -
Plessy v Ferguson
Landmark supreme court decision in challenging segregation law. -
World War I
Called the Great war, in America called the European war. -
Womens suffrage in the United States
The right to vote in the Nineteenth amendment was outlined that it wouldn't have anything to do with your sex. -
Wall Street Crash
Also known as Black Tuesday, and the stock market crash of 1929, which triggered the great depression. -
Launch of new deal
Series of domestic programs enacted in the United States. -
Attack on Pearl Harbour - World War II
Suprise military attack of the Japanese on the United States. -
Korean War
Was part of the Cold war.
A war between the North and South of Korea that was 'policed' by the United Nations. -
Brown v Topeka
Established seperate public schools for black and white people. -
Vietnam War
Also known as the second Indochina war. America lost vietnam to communism. -
Little Rock Nine
Group of african american students enrolled in 1957. Followed by the little rock crisis where the students were prevented from entering their school by Orval faubus. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the USSR and Cuba on one side and the US on the other side. -
March on Washington
One of the largest political rallies for Human rights in United states history and called for civil and economic rights for for African Americans. -
Civil Rights Amendments
Outlawed discrimination based on race,colour,region,sex or national origin. -
Watergate Scandal
Political scandal that occured as a result of the break in at the Watergate headquarters. -
Roe v Wade
Decided on the issue of abortion. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Diplomatic crisis between iran and the united states. -
Iran Contra Affair
Political scandal in the United States. -
First Iraq War
A conflict that consisted of two phases, began with an invasion led by the United states.
