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First Representative Republic: the Israelites - 300 BC

300 BC

Magna Carta - 1215 AD

1215 AD

Christopher Columbus - 1492 AD

1492 AD

Jamestown: 1607-1705 AD

1607 AD - 1705 AD

Pilgrims - 1620 AD

1620 AD

Scarlet Letter - set in 1630's AD

1630 AD

Boston Tea Party - December 16th, 1773 AD

1773 AD

"Give me Liberty or give me Death" - March 23rd, 1775 AD

1775 AD

Declaration of Independence adopted - July 4th, 1776 AD

1776 AD

Johnny Tremain - set in late 1770's AD

1777 AD

Valley Forge: winter of 1777-1778 AD

1777 AD - 1778 AD

Articles of Confederation ratified - March 1st, 1781 AD

1781 AD

Constitution ratified- June 21st, 1788 AD

1788 AD

George Washington Becomes 1st U.S. President - 1789 AD

1789 AD

Bill of Rights came into effect - December 15th, 1791 AD

1791 AD

Tom Sawyer: set in the 1800's AD

1800 AD

Lincoln Born - February 12th, 1809 AD

1809 AD

War of 1812: June 1812-spring of 1815 AD; peace treaty signed in Dec. of 1814

1812 AD - 1814 AD

Red Badge of Courage - set in the Civil War era

1860 AD - 1865 AD

Civil War: April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 AD; last shot fired June 22nd, 1865

1861 AD - 1865 AD

Lincoln Shot - April 14th, 1865 AD

1865 AD

Call of the Wild - set in the late 1800's AD

1896 AD - 1899 AD

World War I: July 28th, 1914 - November 11th, 1918 AD

1914 AD - 1918 AD

League of Nations founded - January 10th, 1920 AD

1920 AD

World War II: September 1st, 1939 – September 2nd, 1945 AD

1939 AD - 1945 AD

United Nations - October 24th, 1945 AD

1945 AD

Prayer taken out of public schools - June 25th, 1962 AD

1962 AD

JFK shot - November 22nd, 1963 AD

1963 AD

Watergate Scandal - 1972 AD

1972 AD

9/11 - 2001 AD

2001 AD