1. History of the Modern World CA 30,000 Great Migration.... 10,000 The End of the Ice Age

2. America’s Timeline BC AD 1000 Vikings to America

3. 1492 Christopher Columbus to America 1500 1519 Cortez conquers the Aztecs

4. 1600 1607 Virginia Colony founded 1700 1706 Ben Franklin born 1732 George Washington born 1733 Georgia colony founded

5. 1773 Boston Tea Party 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord American Revolution begins 1776 Declaration of Independence signed

6. 1781 American Revolution ends 1789 George Washington becomes 1st President 1797 Mission San Jose founded 1800 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition; Burr duels Hamilton

7. 1812 War of 1812 (ends 1815) 1826 first photo 1848 U.S. extends from sea to sea

8. 1860 Abe Lincoln elected president 1861 Southern states secede Civil War begins 1863 Battle of Gettysburg

9. 1865 Lee surrenders; Civil War ends; Lincoln assassinated 1869 Transcontinental Railroad completed 1879 Edison’s light bulb 1894 motion pictures development begins

10. 1900 1914 World War One (until 1917) 1929 Stock market crashes The Great Depression begins 1939 WW2 Begins (until 1945)

11. 1957 Vietnam War: U.S. involvement begins (until 1973) 1963 ML King’s “I have a dream speech” JFK assassinated

12. 1986 Challenger explodes 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 1999-2000 you were born

13. 2000 2001 September 11 2004 the “Curse of the Bambino is broken The RED SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!

14. 2018 YOU WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL