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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus Sails from Spain
Who: Christopher Columbus, Queen Isabella I, King Ferdan II
Why: Trying to find a safer, quicker route to Asia
What: Sailing around the world
Summary: Without Columbus finding the Americas we would probably never discovered America. We would have been still in the East and think we were the only people. Plus there would still be a lot of Indians. -
Jamestown Founded
Who: European
Why: Trying to colonize the Americas
What: Attempting to make a colony
Summary: Without Jamestown the Americas would be mostly Spanish. There would have not been slavery and the trade route. This would probably be Mexico or Spain II, or something like that. -
First Slave
Who: Europeans, Africans
Why: To work in Tobacco feilds.
What: Bringing them from Africa to work.
Summary: Because of Slavery, America was inhabited by peole of all color. If not there would only be white people in America. Then there would be no black people and a lot of us would not live here in America. -
Pilgrims Come to America.
Who: Pilgrims
Why: Seeking religious freedom
What: They landed on Plymouth Rock
Summary: Without the Pilgrims we would have no Thanksgiving. We would also not know who Pocahontas was. We also would not have tobacco plants. -
Declaration of Independence
Who: Thomas Jefferson, America, Europe
Why: We wanted to be a free country
What: Declaring independence fron Great Britian
Summary: Because they declared independence the colonies were no longer under British rule. We would probably be living under the Queen and Kings rule with high taxes. Then we would have never had Presidents. -
Signing of the US Constitution
Who: Federalist
What: The Constitution was signed
Why: To change the Articles of Confederation
Where: Philadelphia
Summary: the Federalist who were for the U.S Constitution. The Anti-Federalist were for the Articles of Confederation. But they made a compromise to form the Constitution. -
Louisiana Purchase
Who: U.S, France, Jefferson, Naepolean
Why: It expanded the US
What: We bought Louisiana Purchase
Summary: Thomas Jefferson bought the Loisiana Purchase from the French. It expanded the US territory. Without it the US would still only be a small part of North America. -
Missouri Compromise
Who: Missouri, Maine, US Congress
Why: It kept the balance between free and slave states.
What : We brought Maine and Missouri in as states
Summary: Missouri wanted to come in as a slave state bit to keep the balance the House of Represenatives addes Maine as a free state. Then they prohibited slavery north of Missouri broders. -
Seneca Falls
Who: Women
Why: They tried to establish women's rights
Summary: Local New York women met to dicuss the role of American women. They started the Women's Sufffage Movement. The meeting lasted two days. -
Compromise of 1850
Who: Henry Clay
Why: It temporarily avoided the Civil Wor
What: Henry Clay set a line that prohibited slavery above it
Summary: The compromise settled the slave dispute for a while. It made a line that kept the black people above it free and the black people below it slaves. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who: Stephen Douglas
Why: It repealed the Compromise of 1850
What: Popular Soverinty was brought into Kansas and Nebraska
Summary: In order to have the Transcontinental Railroad they had to populate Kansas and Nebraska. They Established popular soverienty and it brout conflict. They had free and slave states moving into one place which started a mini-war. -
Dread Scott vs. Sandford
Who: Dread Scott, Sanford, Supreme Court
Why: It declared that slaves were not citizens
What: Dread sued his master
Summary: Dread Scott was a slave who master had moved to the free states. He sued for his freedom. It was ruled that slaves were not protected by the Constitution and did not get rights. -
Lincoln Elected
Who: Abraham Lincoln
Why: He became President
What: He won the election
Summary: Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican President. He said he was not there to abolish slavery. He got shot. -
Reconsruction Starts
Who: America
What: They rebuilt the south.
Why: It was all broken
Summary: During the reconstruction they rebuilt the south. They added the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment. Then they put -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Who: Homer Plessy
What: Supreme Court Case
Why: It ruled seperate but equal ok
Summary: -
Spanish-American War
Who: Spanish, American
What: There was a war
Where: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, Phillipines
Summary: The Spanish and Americans fought over the USS Maine. We became a imperialistic nation. We gained Phillipines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. We freed Cuba. -
World War I Starts
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U.S involvement in WWI
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Stock Market Crashes
Who: America
What: They went into depression
Why: Because
Summary: The Crash had been the most devastating ever. It was the result of a 10 year ecomnomic slump. -
Pearl Harbor (America Enters WWII)
Who: Japan, America
What: America was bombed by Japaneese
Where: Hawii
Summary: The Japaneese planed a secret attack on the Americans. They attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawii December 7 early in the morning. -
Sputnik
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