Matching Pairs THE US HISTORY - SIGNIFICANT EVENTSOnline version Match the time with the event by vuongco vodao 1 1776 2 1783 3 1757-1763 4 10th century 5 1775 6 1860 7 1861 - 1865 8 1939-1945 9 1789 10 1791 11 1787 12 1492 13 1929 14 1607 15 1620 16 1930s 17 1777 18 1800s 19 1773 20 19th century 11 states seceding from the United States in 1860 following the election of President Abraham Lincoln the United States' first constitution, revised from the Articles of Confederation, written in Philadelphia and ratified a year later the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus - an Italian explorer despite his navigational mistake Great Britain's formal recognition of the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris (3rd September) the occurence of Great Depression, starting with the collapse of the stock market the Industrial Age, starting with the first U.S. cotton mill in Beverly, Massachusetts the approval of the Bill of Rights including 1st ten amendments to the Constitution the establishment of the first British colony in North America - Jamestown - in Virginia the Pilgrim's establishment of Plymouth colony in present-day Massachussetts the war between northern and southern states due to tensions over slavery, ending with the surrender of the Confederate (Southern states) American Revolutionary War between North American colonies with the support of other European countries and the British colonial government Tea Acts, fueling the colonial protest with a banner of "No Taxation without Representation" (Boston Tea Party) George Washington becoming the 1st president of the United States Isolationism: the advocate of non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts the expansion westward and the Indian Removal Act to relocate tribes in Oklahoma the Seven-year war (known as the French and Indian War) for territorial expansion, trading, and political power, with victory for the British Empire the Declaration of Independence approved by the leaders of the thirteen colonies (4th July) the Articles of Confederation, the United States' first constitution World War 2 between Axis powers and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, with a victory for the Allies Viking settlement in Newfoundland