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Major Historical Events of the U.S.

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  • Beginning of American Revolutionary War

    Beginning of American Revolutionary War

    The American Revolutionary War begins in Massachusetts
  • Declaration of Independence signed

    Declaration of Independence signed

    Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and the American forefathers sign it
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    The U.S. buys 15 present states from France
  • Civil War begins

    Civil War begins

    Confederate forces fight against the North.
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    John Wilkes Booth kills President Lincoln
  • Civil War Ends

    Civil War Ends

    The North wins
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project

    Hiroshima is bombed on this date, Nagasaki is bombed 3 days later
  • Vietnam War begins

    Vietnam War begins

    Cold War-era military conflict between the United States and Vietnam
  • Assassination of JFK

    Assassination of JFK

    President Kennedy is assasinated in texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    Neil Armstrong steps foot on the moon for the first time EVER
  • Vietnam War ends

    Vietnam War ends

    The Vietnam War ends when North Vietnam wins, communism takes over Vietnam
  • 9/11 Terrorist Attack

    9/11 Terrorist Attack

    Al-Qaeda terrorist organization hijacks planes and crashes them into the World Trade Center, killing thousands of people
  • Osama Bin Laden dead

    Osama Bin Laden dead

    The U.S finds the leader of Al-Qaeda and kill him.