Important dates in U. S. history

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  • Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    United states declarring independence from Great Britain
  • Constitution of the United States of America

    Constitution of the United States of America

    The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, certain basic rights for its citizens.
  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Whiskey Rebellion

    a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803.
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

    fought on January 8,1815 between the British Army under and the United States Army 5 miles southeast of the French Quarter of New orleins

  • The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Era of the Common Man

    Era of the Common Man

    By modern standards, however, the United States was far from democratic.

  • Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • US Congress created the National Park Service

    US Congress created the National Park Service

  • Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

    U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation