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Jan 1, 1492
"Discovering" America
In 1492 Italian sailor born in Genoa, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and "Discovered" the land of America -
Feb 1, 1519
Hernando Cortes defeated the Aztecs
Spanish Conquistadors conquer the Aztec Empire for there land and gold -
English colonists settled in Virginia
In 1585 a group of English colonist which were sent out from the English empire as criminals and settled in America -
Boston Tea Party
A big shipment of tea from India to Boston was destroyed by indians as a political protest -
USA gained its independence from Britain
People of British colonies declared independence as American citizens using their own list of laws and responsibility. -
George Washington elected first US president
On the 13th of July, 1789 the first US president was elected -
Lousiana purchase
In 1803 The U.S bought the Louisiana Territory (2.14 million km²) for $11,250,000 USD from the French, Napoleon Bonaparte -
U.S. Civil War began
In 1861 the American civil war is declared between the United States and the Confederate States for Slavery -
Civil War ends; President Lincoln assassinated
The Civil war lasted 4 years concluding with the untied states to win; President Lincoln assassinated by john William Booth -
U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 mil
On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. -
World War II, Hitler attacked Poland
Hitler attacked Poland later expanded to become a WORLD war. -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Japanese aircraft bombed a US harbor provoking them to be in the part of the war. -
World War II ended
ww2 ends leaving the whole world still in shock and traumatized -
Enola Gay dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The US military drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima causing devastating affects -
U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Country is in shock. -
First moon landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin -
9/11 world trade senter
On September 11, four passenger aircraft hijacked, two crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth in a field in Pennsylvania. 3,025 people were killed
