History of the Modern World CA 30,000 Great Migration.... 10,000 The End of the Ice Age.

History of the Modern World

CA 30,000 Great Migration

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10,000 The End of the Ice Age

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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

20002001 September 11

2004 the “Curse of the Bambino is broken The RED SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!

2018 YOU WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL