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US History Important Dates

By shannonpetty

  • Jamestown

    1st permanent colony is established in the Americas
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Written by Thomas Jefferson; we declared our independence from Great Britain due to grievances such as taxation without representation and religious intolerance.

  • US Constitution

    US Constitution is adopted. It defines our basic rights as citizens and is the "law of the land".

  • Civil War Begins

    Fought between the North and South over the issues of states' rights mainly slavery

  • Civil War Ends

    Civil War ends

  • Reconstruction begins

    T he beginning of the process of re-uniting the nation following the Civil War.

  • Reconstruction ends

    THe Compromise of 1877 officially ends Reconstruction in the South.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    leads to the Great Depression
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