civics timeline

  • shots heard around the world

    The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington concord in Massachusetts.
  • treaty of paris

    official end of the Revolutionary War.
  • The day the u.s. constitution was signed

    The signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 by 55 delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after weeks of planning, negotiations, and compromise.
  • Terrorists attacks on the usa

    19 terrorists from the extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. The coordinated attacks killed 2,977 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.