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 Prohibition Repealed by 21st Amendment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