You are There: United States History

October 12, 1492:? Columbus Discovers America

September 6, 1620:? The Sailing of the Mayflower

November 7, 1637:? Ann Hutchinson’s Trial

September 1, 1664:? The Surrender of New Amsterdam

June 29, 1692:? The Witchcraft Trials at Salem

August 4, 1735:?? The Trial John Peter Zenger

November 1, 1765:?? The Stamp Act Revolt at Williamsburg

April 19, 1775:? Lexington and Concord

July 4, 1776:?? The Declaration of Independence

January 8, 1781:? Mutiny in the Colonial Army

June 25, 1788:? Virginia Ratifies the U.S. Constitution

February 17, 1801:? The Election of Thomas Jefferson

July 11, 1804:? The Burr/ Hamilton Duel

March 1, 1805: The Trial of Samuel Chase

September 1, 1807:?? The Trial of Burr

September 26, 1820: Colonel Johnson eats the Love Apple

August 28, 1830: Tom Thumb Steam Locomotive

March 6, 1836: Defense of The Alamo

September 7, 1853: You are There Women’s Rights Convention

April 12, 1861:?? The Bombardment of Fort Sumter

July 21, 1861:?? The First Battle of Bull Run

March 9, 1862:? The Monitor and The Merrimac

July 3, 1863:? The Battle of Gettysburg

April 9, 1865:? Lee and Grant at Appomattox

April 14, 1865:? The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

April 26, 1865:? The Capture of John Wilkes Booth

May 16, 1868:?? The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

July 21, 1881:? The Surrender of Sitting Bull

April 22, 1889:? The Oklahoma Land Run

April 6, 1909:? Perry’s Dash to the North Pole

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