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History of the Modern
World
CA 30,000 Great Migration
.
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10,000 The End of the Ice Age
BC
America’s Timeline
AD
1000 Vikings to America
1492 Christopher Columbus to America
1500
1519 Cortez conquers the Aztecs
1600
1607 Virginia Colony founded
1700
1706 Ben Franklin born
1732 George Washington born
1733 Georgia colony founded
1773 Boston Tea Party
1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord
American Revolution begins
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
1781 American Revolution ends
1789 George Washington
becomes 1st President
1797 Mission San Jose founded
1800
1804 Lewis and Clark expedition;
Burr duels Hamilton
1812 War of 1812 (ends 1815)
1826 first photo
1848 U.S. extends from sea to sea
1860 Abe Lincoln elected
president
1861 Southern states secede
Civil War begins
1863 Battle of Gettysburg
1865 Lee surrenders; Civil War
ends; Lincoln assassinated
1869 Transcontinental Railroad
completed
1879 Edison’s light bulb
1894 motion pictures
development begins
1900
1914 World War One (until 1917)
1929 Stock market crashes The
Great Depression begins
1939 WW2 Begins (until 1945)
1957 Vietnam War: U.S.
involvement begins (until 1973)
1963 ML King’s “I have a dream
speech”
JFK assassinated
1986 Challenger explodes
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1999-2000 you were born
2000
2001 September 11
2004 the “Curse of the
Bambino is broken The
RED SOX WIN THE
WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!
2018 YOU WILL GRADUATE FROM
HIGH SCHOOL