US history dates 1607–1869
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Write the year the event happened.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jamestown, the first permanent English colony, is founded | 1607 |
| The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower | 1620 |
| The Boston Tea Party | 1773 |
| The Declaration of Independence is adopted | 1776 |
| The Constitution is signed | 1787 |
| The Louisiana Purchase | 1803 |
| Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner | 1814 |
| The California Gold Rush begins | 1848 |
| The Civil War begins | 1861 |
| Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation | 1863 |
| The Civil War ends | 1865 |
| The United States buys Alaska from Russia | 1867 |
| The first transcontinental railroad is completed | 1869 |
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- Wikipedia: Jamestown, Virginia
- Wikipedia: Mayflower
- Wikipedia: Boston Tea Party
- Wikipedia: United States Declaration of Independence
- Wikipedia: Constitution of the United States
- Wikipedia: Louisiana Purchase
- Wikipedia: The Star-Spangled Banner
- Wikipedia: California gold rush
- Wikipedia: American Civil War
- Wikipedia: Emancipation Proclamation
- Wikipedia: Conclusion of the American Civil War
- Wikipedia: Alaska Purchase
- Wikipedia: First transcontinental railroad