Nicole Bondziul's timeline of US History! by Nicole Bondziul

1607

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Jamestown, Virginia, was founded by English settlers, who began growing tobacco.

17th-18th centuries

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Hundreds of thousands of Africans brought over and sold into slavery to work on cotton and tobacco plantations.

1763

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Britain gained control of territory up to the Mississippi river following victory over France in Seven Years' War.

1775

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American Revolution: George Washington leads the Continental Army to fight against British rule.

1776

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July - Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress; Colonies declare independence.

1781

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Rebel states form loose confederation after defeating the British at the Battle of Yorktown.

1789

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George Washington is elected as the first president of the Unites States of America.

1791

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The Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1808

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Atlantic slave trades are abolished

1860

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Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln is elected president.

1863

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Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

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Confederates defeated; slavery abolished under 13th amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.

1920

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Women are finally given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.

1933

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President Franklin D Roosevelt launches "New Deal" recovery program which includes major public work. Sale of alcohol.

1941

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Japanese war planes attack US fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, leading to US joining World War II, against the Axis powers.

1945

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The US drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Which leads to Japan surrendering.

1950-53

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The US forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in the Korean War.

1960

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Democratic Party candidate John F Kennedy is elected president, narrowly defeating his rival Richard Nixon.

1963

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President John F Kennedy is assassinated and Lyndon Johnson becomes the new president.

1968

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The Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King is assassinated.