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Chronology of Main Events

Referred to in Broad Stripes and Bright Stars

1620  The Landing of the Pilgrims

1621  Our First Peace Table

1626  Dutch Purchase of Manhattan

1629  England Grants a Charter to the Massachusetts Bay Colony

1630  The Sailing of the Puritans with John Winthrop

1638  The Founding of Harvard College

1664  English Occupation of New York

1676  The Destruction of Jamestown

1766  Benjamin Franklin Represents the American Colonies before the English Parliament

1769  Daniel Boone Starts the Wilderness Road

1775  The First Permanent Settlement in Kentucky

1775  Washington Takes Command of the Continental Army

1776  The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

1776  The Battle of Trenton

1777  Adoption by the Congress of the Flag

1781  Cornwallis Surrenders to Washington

1783  Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and the United States Signed at Versailles

1789  The Inauguration of George Washington, the First President of the United States

1789  The Appointment of Alexander Hamilton as the First Secretary of the Treasury

1791  Establishment of the First National Bank

1792  Establishment of the Mint

1807  The Trip of the First Steamboat up the Hudson

1834  Patenting of the Reaper

1844  Samuel Morse Perfects His Inveniion of the Telegraph

1858  England and America United by the Atlantic Cable

1863  The Battle of Gettysburg

1864  Sherman's March to the Sea

1876  The Centennial Exposition

1917  The United States Enters the World War

1918  The Launching of Our Fabricated Ship

1918  A Proclamation by the President of the United States