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THE DUTCH FOUND NEW AMSTERDAM NEW YORK
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ON DECEMBER 4
38 COLONISTS FROM THE BERKLEY PARISH IN ENGLAND DISEMBARK IN VIRGINIA GIVING THANKS TO GOD -
NOVEMBER 11
PILGRIM FATHERS ARRIVE IN PLYMOUTH ABOARD THE MAYFLOWER -
SEPTEMBER 17
FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON -
SEPTEMBER 08
"HARVARD COLLEGE" WAS FOUNDED IN THE U.S. -
JULY 24
DETROIT FOUNDED BY THE FRENCH, WITH THE NAME OF FORT PONCHARTRAIN -
1702
WEST JERSEY AND EAST JERSEY
COLONIES COME TOGETHER TO
FORM NEW JERSEY -
1775
THE UNITED COLONIES
CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -
1783
THE PEACE OF VERSAILLES IS SIGNED WHICH ENDS THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND THE UNITED STATES -
1789
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS APPOINTS EXMILITARY GEORGE WASHINGTON AS THE FIRST
PRESIDENT OF THAT COUNTRY -
1812
THE BRITISH TROOPS OCCUPIED THE CITY OF WASHINGTON AND BURNED THE CAPITOL AND THE
WHITE HOUSE -
TEXAS DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO
THE US CONGRESS APPROVES THE
ANNEXATION AND NAMES SAM HOUSTON AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE NEW REPUBLIC -
1867
US ANNEXES THE STATE OF ALASKA TO ITS TERRITORY, AFTER PAYING RUSSIA 7 MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD FOR THIS GREAT TERRITORY -
1903
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE
FIRST FLIGHT -
1920
THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT, WHICH GRANTS WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, IS RATIFIED -
1941
THE UNITED STATES ENTERS THE
SECOND WORLD WAR -
END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
THE UNITED STATES LAUNCHES ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN:HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. -
1950- 1953
USA DECLARES WAR ON KOREA -
1987
CONGRESS HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS IN IRAN-CONTRA INVESTIGATION -
2013
MULTIPLE BOMBS EXPLODE NEAR THE FINISH LINE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON