History of the Modern World

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History of the Modern World
CA 25,000 Great Migration
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10,000 The End of the Ice Age
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BC AD
Americas Timeline
1000 Vikings to America
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1492 Christopher Columbus to America
1500
1519 Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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1600
1607 Virginia Colony founded
1700
1706 Ben Franklin born
1732 George Washington born
1733 Georgia colony founded
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1773 Boston Tea Party
1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord American
Revolution begins
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
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1781 American Revolution ends
1789 George Washington becomes 1st President
1797 Mission San Jose founded
1800
1804 Lewis and Clark expedition Burr duels
Hamilton
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1812 War of 1812 (ends 1815)
1826 first photo
1848 U.S. extends from sea to sea
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1860 Abe Lincoln elected president
1861 Southern states secede Civil War begins
1863 Battle of Gettysburg
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1865 Lee surrenders Civil War ends Lincoln
assassinated
1869 Transcontinental Railroad completed
1879 Edisons light bulb
1894 motion pictures development begins
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1900
1914 World War One (until 1917)
1929 Stock market crashes The Great Depression
begins
1939 WW2 Begins (until 1945)
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1957 Vietnam War U.S. involvement begins (until
1973)
1963 ML Kings I have a dream speech JFK
assassinated
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1986 Challenger explodes
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1996-97 you were born
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2000
2001 September 11
2004 the Curse of the Bambino is broken The RED
SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!
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2014 YOU WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL