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Events: 1700s

1773 - The Boston Tea Party

1773 - The Boston Tea Party

French and Indian War

1756 - 1763 - The French & Indian War

1775–1783 - The Revolutionary War

1775–1783 - The Revolutionary War

1791 - The Whiskey Rebellion

1791 - The Whiskey Rebellion

1791 - Bill of Rights Ratified

1791 - Bill of Rights Ratified

1798 - John Adams: Alien and Sedition Act

1798 - Alien and Sedition Act

Events: 1800s

The Louisiana Purchase

1803 - Louisiana Purchase

Explorerers Lewis and Clark

1804 - Lewis and Clark Expedition

The War of 1812

1812- 1815 -
The War of 1812

Amistad Trials

1841 - Amistad Trial

The 1849 Gold Rush

1849 - California Gold Rush

The 1849 Gold Rush

1861 - 1864 - The Civil War

Golden Spike - Transcontinental Rail

1869: Golden Spike Transcontinental Railroad

Telephone

1877: Telephone patented by Alexander Bell

Wounded Knee Massacre

1890 - Wounded Knee Massacre

Events: 1900s

1903 - Wright Brothers at Kittyhawk, NC

1903 - Wright Brothers Kittyhawk

1914 - 1918 - World War I

1914 - 1918 - World War I

1927 - 1st Trans-Atlantic Flight

1927 - 1st Trans-Atlantic Flight

1929 - 1941 - The Great Depession

1929 - 1941 - The Great Depression

1937 - The Hindenburg Disaster

1937 - The Hindenburg Disaster

1937 - Amelia Earhart disappears

1937 - Amelia Earhart disappears

1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941 - 1945 - World War II

1941 - 1945 - World War II

1948 - 1949Berlin Airlift

1948 - 1949 Berlin Airlift

Rail Strike

1946 - Railroad Strike

1950 - Truman Assasination attempt

1950 - Truman Assassination attempt

1959 - Alaska Statehood

1959 - Alaska Statehood

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis

1963 - March on Washington

1963 - March on Washington