History Class Timeline 2016-2017

By WrightABB
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Thomas Jefferson quickly purchased The Louisiana Territory from Napolean.

  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Thomas Jefferson hired Meriweather Lewis and William Clark to explore and research life while sailing down the Missouri River.

  • The California Gold Rush

    Gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
  • The Attack at Fort Sumter

    The Attack at Fort Sumter

    In 1861, Confederate troops attacked a federal outpost, Fort Sumter, in Charleston, South Carolina .
  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham was assassinated. .-.
  • The Supreme Case Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Case Brown v. Board of Education

    Thurgood Marshall argues against segregation in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.
  • The Death of Elvis

    The Death of Elvis

    Elvis Presley died on his bathroom floor from a heart attack.
  • September 11, 2001

    September 11, 2001

    Terrorists attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11
  • Mah B-day!

    Mah B-day!

    The day I was brought into this world. Yay!