Place the correct year next to the following events.
Those with an *** use the ENTIRE date (month, day, year)
1. ___________ Columbus first voyage arrives in the West Indies.
2. ____________ Jamestown Virginia (first permanent English settlement in the U.S.)
3. ____________ Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Massachusetts
4. ____________ The beginning of the French & Indian War
5. ____________ The Treaty of Paris ending the French & Indian War
6. ____________ *** The Declaration of Independence is signed and approved ***
7. ____________ The Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War
8. ____________ *** The Constitution of the U.S. is signed ***
9. ____________ Pres. Jefferson purchases Louisiana from France
10. ____________ The War of 1812 begins when Congress declares war on Great Britain
11. ____________ Texas declares their independence and the Texas Revolution begins
12. ____________ Texas is annexed to the U.S. under Pres. Polk
13. ____________ Oregon is annexed to the U.S. under Pres. Polk
14. ____________ The Mormons arrive and settle in Utah
15. ____________ The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the war & southwest is annexed
16. ____________ The gold rush to California the year after gold is discovered
17. ____________ Abraham Lincoln is elected President & South Carolina secedes
18. ____________ Ft. Sumter is attacked and taken by the Confederate States of America
19. ____________ Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse & Abraham Lincoln
is assassinated.
Scott Milne