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Timeline #1
The start of the first time line. -
Jamestown Colony
John Smith founds the Jamestown Colony in the modern day Virginia -
Jupiter
Galileo sees the moons of Jupiter through a telescope -
Slavery
Slavery begins when twenty Africans are brought to Jamestown for sale as indentured servants -
Plymouth
William Bradford founds the Plymouth Colony in modern-day Massachusetts -
School
The first public school, Boston Latin, is established -
Library
Ben Franklin founds the first public library in Philadelphia -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris cedes Canada to Great Britain -
Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia -
War
The Revolutionary War begins -
Constitution
The U.S Constitution is adopted -
President
George Washington becomes the first president -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights becomes law -
Timeline #2
The start of timeline #2 -
Alaska
Alaska is purchased from Russia for 7.2 million -
Yellowstone
Yellowstone is established as the world's first national park -
Anglo-Zulu
The Anglo-Zulu War begins in South Africa -
Karl Benz
German inventor Karl Benz constructs the first gasoline powered automobile -
AFL
Samuel Gompers begins the American Federation of Labor for skilled workers only -
Haymarket Riot
A bomb is thrown during a labor union rally in Chicago, resulting in the Haymarket Riot -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants into the United States -
Women's Voting
New Zealand becomes the first country to grant women voting rights -
Pullman Strikes
The Pullman Strike occurs in Illinois -
Spanish- American War
The Spanish- American War begins with the sinking of the U.S.S Maine -
Panama Canal
Work begins on the Panama Canal -
NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois helps establish the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Timeline #3
The start of timeline #3 -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in the MLB in the twentieth century -
Harry Truman
Harry Truman sends troops to Vietnam to assist the French in fighting Communists -
Hydrogen Bomb
The US successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb on the island of Enewetak -
Nuclear Arms Secret
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for selling nuclear arms secrets to the Soviet Union -
Brown v. Board of Education
The US rules in Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation is illegal -
Bus Boycott
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr helps coordinate the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott -
Little Rock, Arkansas
President Eisenhower sends troops to desegregate public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas -
NASA
Congress establishes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration -
Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska and Hawaii are admitted as states -
Debate
Americans view the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
