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Historical
Landmarks of the USA
Map of Christopher Columbus’s travels.
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1492 |
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Christopher Columbus arrives in Haiti/Dominican
Republic, ‘discovering’ the New World
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1607 |
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First English settlement in Jamestown
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1620 |
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The Pilgrim Fathers land at Plymouth on a ship
called The Mayflower
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1773 |
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The Boston Tea Party : the colonists refuse to
pay taxes on goods from England
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1775 - 1783 |
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American War of Independence
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1776 |
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Declaration of Independence is signed on July 4th
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1787 |
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The US Constitution defines the national
government of three branches : executive, legislative, and
judicial
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1789 - 1797 |
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Washington is the first
president of the United Sates
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1800 - 1880 |
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Major wave of immigrants from
Europe : mainly WASPs
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1803 |
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Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon, the US territory is
doubled
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1819 |
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Purchase of Florida from
Spain
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1840 - 1930 |
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37 million immigrants arrive
in the US
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1845 |
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Annexion of Texas
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1847 |
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Salt Lake City is founded by
the Mormons
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1848 - 1849 |
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Gold is discovered at
Sutter’s Mill in California : the gold rush begins
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1861 - 1865 |
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American Civil War between
the Union (northern states) and the Confederacy (southern
states)
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1865 |
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- North
wins the Civil War : slavery is abolished
President Lincoln is assassinated in Washington DC
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- Faces of Four US
Presidents carved in a cliff,
- Mt Rushmore
National Memorial. South Dakota, USA
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1880 |
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- New
immigration wave
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1890 |
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Wounded Knee, final major
battle in Indian wars : the US army slaughters about 300
Indians
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1892 |
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Ellis Island becomes official
entry point for immigrants from Europe
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1917 |
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- The USA
declares war on Germany
18th Amendment to the Constitution : Prohibition begins
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1929 |
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- ‘Black
Thursday’ (in October) : collapse of the New York stock
market. The Great Depression begins
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1933 |
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- F. D.
Roosevelt is elected. His New Deal policy tries to restore
the economy and to fight unemployment
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1941 |
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Japanese destroy fleet in Pearl Harbor : the USA enters
World War II
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1944 |
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June 6, D-Day : Allies land
in Normandy
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1945 |
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- A US
plane drops an atomic bom on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki,
Japan surrenders
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1950s |
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Cold War between the USA and
the communist bloc
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1950 - 1954 |
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Korean War
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1961 - 1975 |
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Vietnam War
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- Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.,
- head of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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at the Lincoln Memorial
- before his "I Have
a Dream" speech in this Aug. 28, 1963.
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1963 |
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President Kennedy is assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, ‘I have a Dream’
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1964 |
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Civil Rights Act
abolishes racial segregation
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1968 |
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Martin Luther King Jr. is
assassinated
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1969 |
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Neil Armstrong sets foot
on the moon
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1974 |
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Watergate scandal : President R.
Nixon must resign
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1980 |
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Ronald Reagan is elected
President
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1989 |
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Collapse of the Berlin Wall : end
of the Cold War
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1991 |
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Gulf War against Iraq
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1993 |
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Return of the Democrats to the
With House with Bill Clinton’s election
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2000 |
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George W. Bush is elected president
(defeated Democrat candidate Al Gore)
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2003 |
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Invasion of Iraq
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2004 |
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George W. Bush wins 2004 US
Presidential Election
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Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush |
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