There is a good chance I wouldn't have passed a citizenship exam. Here are a bunch of important dates in U.S. history, some of which I knew, all of which I know now. I know there are a lot more- please tell me what ones to add and I can revise the list.
1492 - Columbus finds the Americas
1587 - Roanoke Colony founded
1607 - Jamestown founded
1620 - Plymouth Rock
1630 - Massachusetts Bay Colony founded
1630 - 1732 - A bunch of other less important colonies are founded
1770 - Boston Massacre
1772 - 1786 - Revolutionary War
1773 - Boston Tea Party
1776 - Declaration of Independence
1787 - Constitution
1791 - Bill of Rights
1800 - Washington, DC becomes capital
1803 - Louisiana Purchase, Louis and Clark Expedition
1807 - Slave trade abolished
1812 - 1814 - War of 1812
1860 - South Carolina Secedes from the Union
1861 - 1865 - American Civil War
1917 - 1918 - World War I
1929 - Stock Market Crash
1941 - 1945 - World War II
1941 - December 7, Pearl Harbor
1944 - June 6 , D-Day, Invasion of Normandy
1945 - August 6, Bombing of Hiroshima, August 9, Bombing of Nagasaki
1950 - 1953 - Korean War
1961 - 1970 - Vietnam War
1969 - First man on the moon
WOAH, the Americas were lost until 1492?!
ReplyDeleteThis is just like all those people that keep losing Jesus & having to find him again.