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101 Dates
Pre-Columbian Era
Before 1492
Columbus Sights Land
Oct 12
Henry VII Established the Angliscan Church
1534
Colonial Era
1607-1754
Jamestown was Established
1607
Pilgrims Arrived at Plymouth Rock
1620
First African Slaves Arrived in British America
1619
William Tucker was the First African American to be Born in the British Colonies in America
1624
Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion
1676
King Phillip's War/Metacomet's Death
1675-1676
Salem Witch Trials
1692
Revolutionary Era
1754-1789
French and Indian War
1754-1763
Pontiac's War
1763-1766
Lexington and Concord
April 18th+19th
Declaration of Independence was Approved
July 4th
Revolutionary War
1775-1783
U.S. Under the Articles of Confederation
1777-1789
Federalist Era
1788-1824
Whiskey Rebellion
1794
Marbury vs. Madison
1803
Lewis and Clarke Expedition
1804-1806
War of 1812
1812-1815
Era of Good Feelings
1816-1824
Treaty of Paris
1783
Pre-Columbian Era
Before 1492
Age of Jackson
1824-1840
Columbus Sights Land
Oct 12
Black Hawk's War
1831-1832
Henry VII Established the Angliscan Church
1534
Texan War of Independence
1835-1836
Colonial Era
1607-1754
Mexican War
1845-1848
Jamestown was Established
1607
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
1857
Pilgrims Arrived at Plymouth Rock
1620
Civil War
1861-1865
First African Slaves Arrived in British America
1619
William Tucker was the First African American to be Born in the British Colonies in America
1624
Firing on Fort Sumter
April 12th+13th
Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion
1676
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3
King Phillip's War/Metacomet's Death
1675-1676
Lee Surrendered to Grant
April 9th
Lincoln's Assassination
April 14th
Salem Witch Trials
1692
Reconstruction
1865-1876 (sometimes 1877)
Gilded Age
1865-1900
Revolutionary Era
1754-1789
First Transcontinental Railroad was Completed
May 10
French and Indian War
1754-1763
Pontiac's War
1763-1766
Lexington and Concord
April 18th+19th
Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer was defeated)
Jun 25
Haymarket Square Riot
1886
Declaration of Independence was Approved
July 4th
Revolutionary War
1775-1783
Agrarian (aka Populist) Revolt
1890-1900
U.S. Under the Articles of Confederation
1777-1789
Wounded Knee Massacre (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
SD)
Federalist Era
1788-1824
Homestead Steel Workers Strike (Carnegie)
1892
Whiskey Rebellion
1794
Pullman Strike
1894
Marbury vs. Madison
1803
Lewis and Clarke Expedition
1804-1806
Plessy vs. Ferguson (legalizes segregation)
1896
War of 1812
1812-1815
Spanish-American War
1898-1901
Era of Good Feelings
1816-1824
Wright Brothers Made their First Sustained Flight
Dec 17
Treaty of Paris
1783
Progressive Era
1890-1919
World War I (Entire years)
1914-1918
Age of Jackson
1824-1840
Black Hawk's War
1831-1832
World War I (US Involvement)
1917-1918
Texan War of Independence
1835-1836
Armistice Day (End of WWI)
Nov 11
Mexican War
1845-1848
Prohibition is in Effect
1919-1933
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
1857
Second KKK Movement
1920s
Civil War
1861-1865
Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
May 20-21
Firing on Fort Sumter
April 12th+13th
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3
Great Depression
1929-1941
Lee Surrendered to Grant
April 9th
Black Thursday
Oct 24
Lincoln's Assassination
April 14th
Black Tuesday
Oct 29
Reconstruction
1865-1876 (sometimes 1877)
World War II Began
Sep 1
Gilded Age
1865-1900
Command of Army Act (Ended the Civil War)-Same Date that Lee Surrendered to Grant
Apr 9
First Transcontinental Railroad was Completed
May 10
Amelia Earhart's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
May 20
Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer was defeated)
Jun 25
Amelia Earhart Disappears
Jul 2
Haymarket Square Riot
1886
Pearl Harbor
Dec 7
World War II (US Involvement)
1941-1945
Agrarian (aka Populist) Revolt
1890-1900
Wounded Knee Massacre (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
SD)
FDR Died
Apr 12
Homestead Steel Workers Strike (Carnegie)
1892
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima (first one)
Aug 6
Pullman Strike
1894
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki (second one)
Aug 9
Plessy vs. Ferguson (legalizes segregation)
1896
Cold War
1945-1989
Spanish-American War
1898-1901
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Race Barrier Line in MLB
1947
Wright Brothers Made their First Sustained Flight
Dec 17
Second Red Scare Movement
1950s
Progressive Era
1890-1919
Korean War
1950-1953
French Defeated at Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam
World War I (Entire years)
1914-1918
World War I (US Involvement)
1917-1918
Rosa Parks' Montgomery Bus Incident
Dec 1
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
KS
Armistice Day (End of WWI)
Nov 11
Prohibition is in Effect
1919-1933
Civil Rights Movement
1955-1968
October Surprise (Sputnik was Launched)
Oct 4
Second KKK Movement
1920s
Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
May 20-21
Fidel Castro Took Over Cuba
Jan 1
Great Depression
1929-1941
US Placed Economic Embargo on Cuba
1960
Black Thursday
Oct 24
U-2 Spy Plan was Shot Down Over the Soviet Union
1960
Black Tuesday
Oct 29
Berlin Wall was Built
August 1961
World War II Began
Sep 1
Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962
Command of Army Act (Ended the Civil War)-Same Date that Lee Surrendered to Grant
Apr 9
MLK's March on Washington
DC
Amelia Earhart's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
May 20
JFK's Assassination
Nov 22
Amelia Earhart Disappears
Jul 2
Malcolm X's Assassination
Feb 21
Pearl Harbor
Dec 7
Miranda vs. Arizona
1966
World War II (US Involvement)
1941-1945
Thurgood Marshall was Appointed to the Supreme Court
1967
Tet Offensive (Beginning of the End of Involvement in Vietnam)
Jan 30
FDR Died
Apr 12
MLK's Assassination
Apr 4
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima (first one)
Aug 6
RFK's Assassination
Jun 6
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki (second one)
Aug 9
First Moon Landing
Jul 20-21
Cold War
1945-1989
Vietnam War (Ground Troops Committed)
1965-1973
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Race Barrier Line in MLB
1947
Second Red Scare Movement
1950s
Kent State University Killings (Ohio)
May 4th
Korean War
1950-1953
Nixon Defeats George McGovern
1972
French Defeated at Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam
Nixon Visits China
1972
Rosa Parks' Montgomery Bus Incident
Dec 1
Cease Fire in Vietnam
Jan 27
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
KS
Wounded Knee Occupation
Feb-May
Civil Rights Movement
1955-1968
Roe vs. Wade (Legalized Abortion)
1973
October Surprise (Sputnik was Launched)
Oct 4
Watergate Scandal (Nixon Resigns)
1972-1974
Fidel Castro Took Over Cuba
Jan 1
Nixon Resigned
Aug 9
US Placed Economic Embargo on Cuba
1960
Gerald Ford Becomes US President
1974-1976
U-2 Spy Plan was Shot Down Over the Soviet Union
1960
Ford Pardons Nixon
Sep 8
Berlin Wall was Built
August 1961
University of CA vs. Allan Bakke (Gave US Affirmative Action)
1978
Iranian Revolution
1979
Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962
Cold War Ended+Berlin Wall Came Down
1989
MLK's March on Washington
DC
JFK's Assassination
Nov 22
Malcolm X's Assassination
Feb 21
Miranda vs. Arizona
1966
Thurgood Marshall was Appointed to the Supreme Court
1967
Tet Offensive (Beginning of the End of Involvement in Vietnam)
Jan 30
MLK's Assassination
Apr 4
RFK's Assassination
Jun 6
First Moon Landing
Jul 20-21
Vietnam War (Ground Troops Committed)
1965-1973
Kent State University Killings (Ohio)
May 4th
Nixon Defeats George McGovern
1972
Nixon Visits China
1972
Cease Fire in Vietnam
Jan 27
Wounded Knee Occupation
Feb-May
Roe vs. Wade (Legalized Abortion)
1973
Watergate Scandal (Nixon Resigns)
1972-1974
Nixon Resigned
Aug 9
Gerald Ford Becomes US President
1974-1976
Ford Pardons Nixon
Sep 8
University of CA vs. Allan Bakke (Gave US Affirmative Action)
1978
Iranian Revolution
1979
Cold War Ended+Berlin Wall Came Down
1989