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Jamestown
1607 English settlers arrived in search of a new land. It was the first settlement to arrive to the Americas. -
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The United States Constitution
The United States singed a paper freeing them from the British rule. -
Bill of Rights is Adopted
The Bill of Rights or rules for the United states was adopted or pruposed. -
War of 1812
The United States stunned the world by declaring war on Great Britain -
Civil War
The war over slavery,sectionalism and and president LIncolns election. -
Antietam
The day the United states had the most deaths in a battle even more than all deaths in all wars. -
Gettysburg
The tide of war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. -
Lincoln assassinated
The week after the Civil War the President of the United States was assasinated by John Wilkes Both. -
Civil War ends (Appomattox Court House)
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules -
World War II Begins
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; also attack the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway -
Vietnam War Begins
Amid rumors of a possible American invasion, Japanese oust the French colonial government which had been operating independently and seize control of Vietnam, installing Bao Dai as their puppet ruler. -
Hiroshima
First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets -
First Atomic Bomb is Tested
First Atomic Bomb is successfully tested in the U.S -
United Nations
United Nations is born. -
Civil Rights Movement Begins
Truman signs Executive Order 9981, which states, "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." -
Civil Rights Movement
(Montgomery, Ala.) NAACP member Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger, defying a southern custom of the time. In response to her arrest the Montgomery black community launches a bus boycott, which will last for more than a year, until the buses are desegregated Dec. 2 1956 -
Hawaii admitted into he United States
The 49 state admitted into the United States. -
Alaska is Admitted Into The United States
Alaska is the 50th state admitted into the united states. -
Martin Luther King Jr In Jail
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.; he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws. -
John F, Kennedy is assasinated
John F. Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, Texas. -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
(Memphis, Tenn.) Martin Luther King, at age 39, is shot as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room. Escaped convict and committed racist James Earl Ray is convicted of the crime. -
Apollo 11 1st man on the moon
On July 20, Apollo 11 lands first man on the moon; at the controls is Ohio astronaut Neil Armstrong. NASA Lewis takes pride in its contributions. Bruce T. Lundin is named Center Director. And the Space Power Facility is completed. -
Vietnam War Ends
At 8:35 a.m., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance. By 11 a.m., the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender. The war is over. -
9/11 terror attack alerts America
On September 11 of 2001 the World Trade Center ,and the Pentagon where attacked with highjacked airplanes by terrorist. -
The First African American President
Democrat from Illinois.
