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American Revolution - 3/22/1765 to 9/3/1783
A war between America and the British. -
Declaration of Independence was ratified
Declaration of Independence, in U.S. history, a document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
The US Constitution
The fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world. The oldest written national constitution in use. -
Louisiana Purchase
Encompassed 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million. -
American Civil War - 4/12/1861 to 4/9/1865
The Civil War was a war between the Union (Northern US States) and the Confederacy (Southern US States) lasting from 1861-1865. The reasons for the Civil War were disagreements over slavery, states vs. federal rights, the election of Abraham Lincoln, and the economy. -
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
At Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on the evening of April 14, 1865. Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for the telephone and secured the rights to the discovery. Days later, he made the first ever telephone call to his partner, Thomas Watson. -
Thomas Edison perfects the lightbulb
Thomas Alva Edison and his team finally “perfected” the incandescent light bulb. -
The Wright Brothers invent the airplane
Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years of research and development to create the first successful powered airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer. It first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world. It became evident after a sharp decline in stock prices in the United States.
1929 - 1939 (or 1941). -
WW2
World War two was caused by Hitler trying to invade Poland. Making the war last until 9/1/1939 to 9/2/1945.
During it the US and France helped Britain. -
Pearl Harbor
When Japan attacked Hawaii. -
D-Day
Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. Codenamed Operation 'Overlord', the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from Nazi occupation. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda against the United States on September 11, 2001.