Important Events of American History - Gentile, Sealander, Quinn, Wood

Columbus Lands in the Americas

Oct 11, 1492

Jamestown

Dec 19, 1619

Plymouth and the Pilgrims

Dec 20, 1620

New York City founded

Dec 19, 1624

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 17, 1775

Revolutionary war

Apr 19, 1775

Second Continental Congress

May 13, 1775

Declaration of Independance

Jul 4, 1776

Constution

Sep 17, 1787

George Washington Becomes President

Apr 30, 1798

Abraham Lincon Elected

Nov 6, 1806

Missouri Compromise

Feb 17, 1819

Battle of the Alamo

Feb 3, 1836

Custers last stand

Dec 5, 1839

Women Get the Right to Vote

Dec 20, 1840

Mexican American War Starts

Apr 25, 1846

Colorado Gold Rush starts

Jul 19, 1858

Colorado Gold Rush Starts

Jul 20, 1858

Civil War

Apr 12, 1861

Abraham Lincoln becomes president

Jan 1, 1864

Fort Collins Founded

Feb 12, 1864

African Americans Allowed to Vote

Feb 3, 1870

Telephone Invented

Mar 10, 1876

Light Bulb Invented

Dec 20, 1879

Model T Invented

Oct 1, 1908

World War 1

Jul 28, 1914

Panama Canal Opened

Aug 15, 1918

Charles Lindberh flies across the Atlantic

May 20, 1927

World War 2 Starts

Sep 3, 1939

Great Depression

Jan 16, 1940

First McDonalds Opens

May 15, 1940

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Attomic Bomb in WW2

Aug 6, 1945

Disneyland Opens

Jul 17, 1955

Vietnam War Starts

Nov 1, 1955

John F. Kennedy Becomes President

Jan 20, 1961

Mr. Denise Born

Jan 1, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinationn

Apr 4, 1968

Man on the Moon

Sep 13, 1969

Berlin Wall Torn Down

Nov 9, 1989

Persain Gulf War Starts

Jan 16, 1991

Afghanistan and Iraq Invasion

Mar 20, 2003

Barak Obama elected

Jan 20, 2008