founding fathers

  • The Boston Tea Party

    a political protest
  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    start of the revolutionary war
  • The Declaration of Independence is Signed

    the people started signing the declaration
  • The Winter at Valley Forge

    moved army to winter quarters
  • Article of Confederation are Ratified

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    final battle of the war
  • The Constitution is Ratified

    framework of the government
  • Presidential Inauguration of George Washington

    the first president of the United States officially
  • Washington’s Farewell Address

    what he wrote before retiring
  • The Death of George Washington

    died of illness
  • Election Day, 1800

    Thomas Jefferson
  • Marbury vs. Madison

    established judicial review
  • The Dead Rabbits Riot

  • The Ku Klux Klan is Established

  • John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil

  • Period: to

    immigration

  • Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone

  • The Great Oklahoma Land Race

  • Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants

  • The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published

  • Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States

  • J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel

  • Ford Motor Company is Founded

  • Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil

  • The 16th Amendment is Passed

  • Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants

  • The 17th Amendment is Passed

  • The Empire State Building Opens

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