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Declartion Of Rights
The Stamp Act was introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in the American colonies. http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/laws/stampact.htm -
Declartion Of Rights
Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British Parliament, claiming a power of right to bind the people of America, http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/DeclRights1774.html -
American Revolution
The American Revolution begins this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775 -
Revolutionary war begains
On April 19, 1775, British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. On the night of April 18, the royal governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, commanded by King George III to suppress the rebellious Americans, had ordered 700 British soldiers, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith and Marine Major John Pitcairn, to seize the colonists' military stores in Concord, some 20 miles west of Boston.
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Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence adopted.
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Treaty Of Paris
The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan14.html -
Nine states
there had been only three days out of five months with nine states present. When nine states did show up, and there was only one member of a state on the floor, then that state’s vote did not count.
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Adoption Of Constitution
The Constitution was adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in each U.S. state in the name of "The People". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution -
Constitution Becomes The Law
The United States Constitution was written in 1787, but it did not take effect until after it was ratified in 1789,when it replaced the Articles of Confederation. It remains the basic law of the United States.The United States Constitution also remains the oldest in existence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Constitution -
George Washington Becomes 1st President
The 1st United States Congress, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_United_States_Congress -
Bill Of Rights Ratified
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which limit the power of the U.S. federal government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights -
Abraham Lincoln Becomes The 5th President
Lincoln had just been elected and already South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had seceded because of the election results, before the new President had even assumed office. http://www.angelfire.com/my/abrahamlincoln/Inaugural1.html -
Civil War Starts
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter -
The 13th Amendment To The Constitution Adopted
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Simpson Hayward
Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1910 -
World War 1 Begins
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_28 -
Ship Sinks
French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1920 -
The 19th Amendment ToThe Constitution Ratified
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63 -
George Washington Birth
eorge Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1920 -
World War 2 Begins
One of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 -
World War 2
World War II: Soviets bombs cities in Finland. http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1930 -
Mercy Hospital
Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1950 -
Vietnam War
Wilson ignores petition by Ho Chi Minh for help in creating Vietnam independent from French rule and led by nationalist government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_of_the_United_States_in_the_Vietnam_War -
John F Kennedy
Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1960 -
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have A Dream" Speech
"I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream -
Martin Luther KIng Dies
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, a shot rang out. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had been standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, now lay sprawled on the balcony's floor. http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm -
Civil Lawsuit
Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1970 -
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1980 -
Eastern And Western Germany
East and West Germany end decades of political separation when they are finally reunified and Germany is once again a whole country. -
Ke'Shayla Birthday
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Bosnian Croats
A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village. http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/2000 -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area on September 11, 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks -
Constitution Day 2011
Constitution Day (or Citizenship Day) is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is observed on September 17, the day the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in 1787.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_%28United_States%29