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ImpCon 8th History
Important Years
Question | Answer |
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Jamestown founded off the coast of present day Virginia; first permanent English settlement in North America. | 1607 |
Plymouth is founded in present day Massachusetts by the Pilgrims; Sign the Mayflower Compact. | 1620 |
The year we declared independence from England; United States is created and the Declaration of Independence is written on July 4th. | 1776 |
Founding Fathers meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention. Our current Constitution is written. | 1787 |
The Louisiana Territory is purchased from France by President Thomas Jefferson; doubled the size of the United States. | 1803 |
The American Civil War is fought between the North and South. | 1861--1865 |