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Mayflower
Mayflower was a ship that transported mostly English Puritans and Separatists, collectively known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth England to the New World. -
The War of Independence (1775-1783)
The war of independence, also called The American Revolutionary War, was the revolt against Great Britain by the thirteen American colonies which founded the United States of America. -
The Declaration of Indepence
It's when the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen newly imdependent sovereign states. -
First black president
In November 1781, John Hanson was elected President of the Continental Congress, -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. Lived February 1818 – February 20, 1895) -
The American Civil War (1861-1865)
Seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln.
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States.
He was elected four times and served from March 1933 to his death in April 1945. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan - brought the United States into World War II. -
Vietnam War (1946-1954)
The Vietnam War is also known as the Resistiance War Against America. Was a war between North Vietnam, China and other communist - and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506. -
The murder of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22 1963. Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper. -
Sidney Poitier
born February 20, 1927), is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat.
In 1964, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role in Lilies of the Field. -
The moon landing
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s. -
The Million Men March
The Million Man March was a gathering en masse of African-Americans in Washington, D.C. -
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky
The Lewinsky scandal was a political sex scandal emerging in 1998, from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House Intern, Monica Lewinsky -
Columbine
Columbine (The Columbine High School massacre) was a school shooting in Columbine. -
9/11
9/11 were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone.
Katrina is the seventh most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. -
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district.