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| first permanent settlement (by Spanish) |
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| first permanent English settlement in America |
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| first shots of American Revolution fired here |
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| turning point of the American Revolution |
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| site where Wasington and his men spent a cold winter |
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| surrender to end the American Revolution (Cornwallis to Washington) |
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| Indians were moved from the southeast to Oklahoma |
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| Sutter's Mill, California |
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| the Mormons moved west and settled here |
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| War of 1812/where Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner |
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| Andrew Jackson defeated the Indians here in Alabama |
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| first shots of Civil War were fired here |
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| first capital of the Confederacy |
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| where the capital was moved to during the Civil War |
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| wanted to secede from Alabama/opposed to war |
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| turning point of the Civil War |
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| where Lee surrendered to Grant to end the Civil War |
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| location of convention promoting women's rights |
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| connected Atlantic and Pacific Ocean-yellow fever here |
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| Germany invaded Poland-started WWII |
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| Japanese bombed here/U.S. declared war on Japan |
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| Allied Invasion/known as D-Day |
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| atomic bombs were dropped here by U.S. / ended WWII |
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| where first Transcontinental Railroad was completed |
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| route of the Indians forced to move from southeast to OK |
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| agricultural & industrial school started by Booker T. Washington |
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| former slaves now citizens |
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| gave all men the right to vote |
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| women were given the right to vote |
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| had 95 Theses/complaints against the Catholic Church started the Reformation |
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| Spanish conquistador/led the defeat of the Aztec in Mexico |
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| led the Spanish defeat of the Incas in South America |
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| leader of Jamestown Colony |
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| leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutioin |
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| wrote most of Declaration of Independence |
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| led slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad |
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| invented the cotton gin & interchangable parts |
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| American System/for better roads, Bank of U.S. tariff |
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| organized the Seneca Falls Convention |
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| early Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
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| started the Spoils System/giving gov. jobs to friends |
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| opposed to slavery/led a raid on Harper's Ferry to get weapons to arm the slaves/executed for treason |
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| wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the War of 1812 |
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| commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War |
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| President of the Confederate States of America |
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| President during the Reconstruction Period |
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