History Dates Flashcards
(29 cards)
Columbus discovered America
1492
French and Indian War
1754-1763
Boston Massacre
1770
Boston Tea Party
1773
First Continental Congress
September 1774
Battles of Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775
Second Continental Congress
May 1775
Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Second Treaty of Paris
September 3, 1783
The Constitution
March 4, 1789
Louisiana Purchase
1803
War of 1812
1812-1814
Treaty of Ghent
1814
The Mexican War
1846-1848
Gold Rush
1849
Battle at Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3, 1863
Surrender at Appomattox
April 9, 1865
America enters WW1
1917
WW1 (The Great War)
1914-1918
The Great Depression
1929-1941 (or the 1930’s)
Nazis invade Poland
September 1, 1939
Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941