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U.S. History Outline

1492 - Columbus Discovers America

1607 - Jamestown, VA is established at the first permanent English colony.

1620 - Pilgrims, after three-month voyage in Mayflower, land at Plymouth Rock

1755 - U.S. Postal Service Established

1773 - Boston Tea Party (Dec 16)

1775-1783 - Revolutionary War

1776 - Declaration of Independence

1778 - Captain James Cook Discovers Hawaii

1787 - Constitution of the United States signed

1791 - U.S. Bill of Rights ratified

1803 - Louisiana Purchase from France for $15,000,000

1804-1806 - Lewis & Clark explored from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean

1812-1815 - War of 1812

1823 - Monroe Doctrine

1836 - The Alamo (Feb-Mar)

1846-1848 - Mexican War

1861-1865 - Civil War

1863 - Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address (Nov 19)

1886 - Statue of Liberty accepted by Grover Cleveland (Oct 28)

1892 - Pledge of Allegiance, First Published (Sept 8 - Francis Bellamy)

1898 - Spanish American War

1914-1918 - World War I

1928 - Woman obtain full voting privileges

1929-1940 - The Great Depression

1939-1945 - World War II

1941 - Bombing of Pearl Harbor (Dec 7)

1950-1953 - Korean War

1954 - The words "Under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance (June 14)

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

1963 - John F. Kennedy assassinated

1962-1975 - Vietnam War

1991 - Gulf War

2001 - Terrorist Attack on World Trade Centers/Pentagon (Sept 11)