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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus discovered America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Columbus came to America thinking he was over by Asia. -
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Mayflower Arrives in Plymouth Mass.
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Pilgrims attack the rival tribe
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Salem Witch Trials
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials They thought there was witches so they put them on trial. -
Boston Massacre
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Boston tea party
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_date_did_the_Boston_Tea_Party_occor They dumped a bunch of tea into the boston harbor -
"The British are coming! The British are coming!"
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Revolutionary War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War It is also known as the War of Independence -
Independence Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States) Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. (Wikipedia) -
George Washington Inaugurated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington First president of the united states -
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The war of 1812
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 The United States declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's ongoing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, outrage over insults to national honor after humiliations on the high seas, and possible American desire to take over Canada.(wikipedia) -
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Civil War
The war of trying to get rid of slavery -
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World War 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I World War 1 was a global war centred in Europe (wikipedia) -
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The Depression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression The stockmartket crashed which cased the great depression -
Pearl Harbor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. (wikipedia) -
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Korean War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War was a war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel, with U.S. military forces occupying the southern half and Soviet military forces occupying the northern half. (wikipedia) -
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9/11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks 9/11 was the day when people hijacked planes crashing them into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and Pensylvania -
Barack Obama's inaugurated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_Barack_Obama First black president -
Osama Bin Laden's Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Osama_bin_Laden After 10 years of searching the military finally found him in Abbottabad, Pakistan.