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Important American History Dates
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1. Missouri Compromise
December 7 1941
1970
1887
1819
2. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
April 9th 1865
1958
1859
1804
3. Battle of New Orleans
Jan 1815
December 1791
1732
December 7 1941
4. Boston Massacre
1877
July 1-3 1863
March 1770
1954
5. Prohibition Repealed by 21st Amendment
September 1796
December 1933
December 7 1941
1917
6. Adoption of 16th Amendment
1993
December 7 1941
Feb 1913
Jan 1848
7. Lincoln assasinated
September 1796
1915
April 1775
April 14 1865
8. John Browns Raid
1859
600
April 9th 1865
1886
9. Sinking of the lusitania
1915
1754
July 1-3 1863
October 1777
10. Washington's Farewell address
April 14 1865
December 1933
September 1796
1955
11. Fed Reserve Act
1781
August 14 1945
December 1913
Oct 1929
12. Harvard Founded
1636
December 1933
1955
December 1775
13. National Review Begun
September 1796
1955
December 1933
March 1770
14. Organization of John Birch Society
1958
1917
1886
October 1777
15. Battles of Lenxington and Concord
April 9th 1865
1915
April 1775
April 1861
16. End of Millitary Reconstruction
1877
April 9th 1865
1730's
Oct 1929
17. French and Indian War
1662
1856
1754
1963
18. Gold In California
Jan 1848
1970
July 1-3 1863
1886
19. Haymarket Riot
1859
1917
1886
1607
20. End of Millitary Reconstruction
March 1770
1607
1804
1877
21. Constitutional Convention Begins
1993
600
1819
May 1787
22. Organization of John Birch Society
1958
1917
1877
May 1787
23. Restoration of British Monarchy
600
1955
1754
1954
24. Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
1859
1955
600
1832
25. Watts Riot
1965
March 1770
1915
December 1913
26. Fed Reserve Act
December 1913
1963
1886
1607
27. Settlement of Jamestown
1993
August 14 1945
1754
1607
28. Kennedy Assasinated- johnson becomes president
April 14 1865
1963
March 1770
April 9th 1865
29. Battle of New Orleans
Jan 1815
September 1796
1832
October 1777
30. Gold In California
April 9th 1865
1921
December 1913
Jan 1848
31. Waco Disasters
1869
1886
1993
1730's
32. Battle of Saratoga
1732
October 1777
1619
1856
33. Pearl Harbor
1898
1732
December 7 1941
May 1787
34. Stock Market Crash
1886
Jan 1815
1832
Oct 1929
35. Terrorist Attack
Oct 1929
September 11 - 2001
September 1796
1921
36. British Surrender at Yorktown
1955
1917
1781
1619
37. National Review Begun
600
April 1775
September 11 - 2001
1955
38. Interstate Comerce Act
Jan 1815
1887
1732
1832
39. Prohibitory Act
1993
December 1775
July 1-3 1863
1859
40. Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804
August 14 1945
1886
1869
41. Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804
1886
1877
1898
42. A bomb on hiroshima
August 6 1945
December 1913
1607
1819
43. British Surrender at Yorktown
1607
1781
1607
October 1777
44. Half-Way Covenant
1662
April 9th 1865
May 1787
April 1775
45. CSA Takes Sumter
1732
1970
1781
April 1861
46. Bill of RIghts Ratified
August 14 1945
December 1791
1662
Feb 1913
47. Settlement of Jamestown
1955
September 11 - 2001
1732
1607
48. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
December 1791
Oct 1929
1927
April 9th 1865
49. Japan Surrenders
Oct 1929
August 14 1945
May 1787
1859
50. First Transcontinental Railroad completed
December 1775
1869
1917
1859