Settlement of Jamestown May 14 1607 Tobacco is
Settlement of Jamestown May 14, 1607
Tobacco is introduced to Jamestown 1612
Proclamation Line of 1763 October 7, 1763
Stamp Act November 1, 1765
Boston Massacre March 5, 1770
Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773
Fighting erupts at Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775
Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
Washington crosses the Delaware December 25, 1776
Battle of Saratoga October 7, 1777
Winter at Valley Forge December, 1777
Battle of Yorktown October 19, 1781
Treaty of Paris 1783 September 3, 1783
Shays’ Rebellion January, 1787
Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787
Constitution is adopted September 17, 1787
George Washington becomes the 1 st President April 30, 1789
Samuel Slater installs first mill in America 1793
Cotton Gin is invented by Eli Whitney March 14, 1797
Jefferson is elected as the 3 rd President February 17, 1801
Louisiana Purchase April 30, 1803
Corps of Discovery returns after journey September 23, 1806
War of 1812 begins June 18, 1812
Missouri Compromise January 26, 1820
Nat Turner Rebellion August 21, 1831
Telegraph is invented January 6, 1835
Battle of the Alamo ends March 6, 1836
Oregon Trail begins 1843
Texas becomes a state December 29, 1845
Mexican American War begins April 25, 1846
Gold discovered in California January 24, 1848
California becomes a state September 9, 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act May 30, 1854
John Brown raid at Harpers Ferry October 16, 1859
Lincoln becomes the President th 16 March 4, 1861
Shots fired at Fort Sumter April 12, 1861
First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861
Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862
Emancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862
Battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863
Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse April 12, 1865
Lincoln is assassinated April 14, 1865
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