1600
1607 Virginia Colony founded
1700
1706 Ben Franklin born
1732 George Washington born
1733 Georgia colony founded
1773 Boston Tea Party
1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord American Revolution begins
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
1781 American Revolution ends
1789 George Washington becomes 1st President
1797 Mission San Jose founded
1800
1804 Lewis and Clark expedition; Burr duels Hamilton
1860 Abe Lincoln elected president
1861 Southern states secede Civil War begins
1863 Battle of Gettysburg
1865 Lee surrenders; Civil War ends; Lincoln assassinated
1869 Transcontinental Railroad completed
1879 Edison’s light bulb
1894 motion pictures development begins
1900
1914 World War One (until 1917)
1929 Stock market crashes The Great Depression begins
1939 WW2 Begins (until 1945)
1957 Vietnam War: U.S. involvement begins (until 1973)
1963 ML King’s “I have a dream speech”
JFK assassinated
20002001 September 11
2004 the “Curse of the Bambino is broken The RED SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!