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The American Revolution
The American revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American patriots in the thirteen colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America.
The American Revolution was important because its what made the United States itself. The Americans won and made a country with different ideas and ways of ruling it. -
Declaration of Independence
The continental congress was formed in 1774 by the American colonies to coordinate resistance to British laws considered by most colonists to be unfair.In The summers of 1776, after about a year of war Against Britain representatives met to consider an official break with Britain . It's an important part of America democracy because first it contains the ideals or goals of our nation. Second it contains the complaints of the colonists against the British king. -
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights are made up by the first ten amendments to the Constitution. It gives rights such as the freedom of speech and religion. James Madison wrote the amendments, which is a list with specific prohibitions on governmental power, for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties. It is significant because the Bill of Rights guarantees peoples civil rights and individual liberties. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of Louisiana territory by the U.S. from France.The U.S.had brought 828 million square miles of territory from France.It stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border in the north. Part of or all 15 states were created from the land deal.The Purchase was important because it gave the U.S.control of the Mississippi River and the port city of New Orleans, which was used by farmers to ship crops and get paid. -
Declaration of Sentiments
The Declaration of sentiments and resolution is one of Americas most important document advocating women's rights. This document is important because with out this document women would probably still be fighting for their basic Human rights including the right to vote, to own property and to have equal status under the law . -
The World War I
This war began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There was conflict between the Allied powers(G.B,France,Italy,US.) and Central powers(Germany,A.H,Ottoman Empire.) fought in 1914-1918. United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. It is significant because empires were destroyed, millions were killed and the world was overturning in a war meant to end others. -
The Vietnam war
The cause of the Vietnam War was by the belief of America, that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia.The North Vietnamese government and the Vietnam Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam. The U.S. government viewed its involvement in the war as a way to prevent the communist takeover of South Vietnam. It is significant because this was part of the domino belief of a wider control policy, with the stated point of stopping the spread of communism. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon, which took place on July 20, 1969. At this time in history, television was quite popular, and this was the first time since television became mainstream that an event like this occurred. More than 600 million people watched the moon landing live from across the globe, and the United States was deemed the winner of the "Space Race". -
9/11
9/11 was a series of four coordinated terrorists attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. Four airplanes were hijacked to carry out a suicide attack against the United States. Two of the planes flew into the twin towers and another into the Pentagon. Almost 3,000 or more citizens were killed on 9/11, which caused major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism. The 9/11 attack was important because it changed American lives and caused a hysteria between terrorists and the U.S. -
DACA
Daca is an American immigration policy that allows some individuals who we're brought to the United States illegally as children to receive a renewable two year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the us unlikely the purpose dream act daca does not provide a path to citizens for recipients. It is important to us because with about daca allot of kids how were born in the United States would not have the chance to go to school or achieve a career.
