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History Class Timeline 2016-2017

  • Americas Declares its Independence from Britian

    Americas Declares its Independence from Britian
    On this date the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, PA. It was sighed to declare independence from Great Britain.
  • Louisiana purchase

    The United States bought Louisiana from France for 15 million dollars.
  • Lewis and Clark journey west

    Lewis and Clark are 2 captains that traveled up the Missouri river with a crew to explore the new tract of land Thomas Jefferson bought. They recorded a accurate map of the west and recorded over 200 new species.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    He was a president in the civil war. He was assassinated in 1865 at a the Peterson house in Washington D.C. He also gave the famous speech called the Gettysburg Address. This is also the day he was born.
  • The attack on Fort Sumter

    The attack on Fort Sumter
    Fort Sumter was a federal outpost in Charelstown South Carolina that was attacked by the Confederates. It was the start of the Civil War and also the first battle.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    It was a key battle in the civil war that turned the tides for fighting the Confederates. It was the Largest and bloodiest battle of the civil war.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    In 1915 a German U-Boat sank the Lusitania. An event that pushed the US to move toward entry of World War 1
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    On December 7th the Japanese attacked the US Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. That was the date when the United States joined World War 2
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    American, British and Canadian troops Invaded France, Known as D-Day. 6,000 thousand ships, 11,000 planes, and 156,000 men were part of the invasion.
  • Korean war

    Korean war
    The war against Communism that spread to Asia. The United States was part of a commitment to stop Communism.
  • Brown vs Board of Education,

    Brown vs Board of Education,
    The Brown is the name of the case was for a girl named Linda Brown. Her parents sued and the NACCP ued to allow Linda to go to the school near her home instead of having to walk across town.
  • September 11 2001

    September 11 2001
    The day when the Pentagon and the World Trade centers were attacked. Terrorists took control of four commercial planes and used them as weapons against the United States to attack.
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY
    This is the day earth was happy. That was the day I started to annoy my sisters.