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 Prohibition Repealed by 21st Amendment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