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English Settle in Jamestown
James town Why there?English settle in Jamestown and it becomes the towns first boom town because of tabacco growth. -
Pilgrims settle in New land
pilgrims wayPilgrims have been on the newland for six months, half of them died since. -
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John Handcock
people.htmJohn Handcock did not want to pay taxes to a king that didnt have anything to do with the new land. -
Jobs lost blamed on the British
the great depressionhundred of millions of people that lost their jobs blame it on the British and this law the war started. -
Boston tea party
Boston Tea PartyColonists dumped tea into the boston harber, in protest of all the taxes -
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Lexington and Concord
Lexington and ConcordLexington and Concord, Midnight Paul Revere spreads the word that the British are coming. -
Britain, France, Spain
Britain, France, SpainBritain, France, Spain own almost all of the United States -
Boone crosses Native American territory
Daniel Boone hero and trailblazerBoon crosses Native American territory, many of his men get captured and killed, by the Native Americans. -
Great Plains
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Pioneers and the Great Plains
Pioneers struggle through the Great Plains, storms arent blocked by any trees, theres no protection from the winds, just an open field. -
Glinton
Glinton creates barbwire fence to keep cattle out of his crops. -
Gold
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Custers men
700 soldiers custers men go into an indian reservation with 7,000 indians. -
Indians vs Custers men
Custers men are all dead within an hour -
Plains
The Great Plain Indians struggle to survive. -
Working on Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers"Walking the Steal" is what it was called when you built skyscrapers. -
Elevators
Elevators are invented for the tall buildings beign built up. -
Detective Burns
Detective Burns busts over 300 criminals -
Busting Crime
Detective Burns uses pictures to catch the criminals, the first mugshots are taken. -
Slum Life
the first camera to take pictures in the dark was invented to show the wealthy slum life, and so the wealthy could see what is really going on around them. -
Rees
Rees shows the negative parts of New York. -
Louisianna Purchase
Louisiana purchase and Jefferson27 years after independence Thomas Jefferson buys Louisianna Purchase and its only three cents an acre -
Sacagewa saves Meriwether Louis
Meriwether LouisMariwether Louis goes on his journey, through the Rocky Mountains, the journey went wrong, but Sacagewa saves Louis's men. Louis ends up finding many different species of animals. -
Jed Smith
Mountain man Jed SmithJed Smith was attacked by a gaint creature, the grizzly bear. His men stitch him back together -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham lincolnAmericas 16th president is born, he will grow up in an Indiana forest. -
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Underground Railroad
Harriet TubmanHarriet Tutman brings slaves to the underground railroad, costs farmers a lot of their money, bounty on Harriets head -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew jacksonAndrew Jackson begins new policy, all native americans forced from their lands -
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Eire Canal
The Erie CanalThe Eire Canal is 3,000 miles long built by hand, the Eire Canal opens in 1835 -
African Americans go whaling
African Americans and whalingAfrican Americans go whale hunting and are treated as equals while working this dangerous job. -
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Texas, the Alamo
Men of the alamoTexas, the Alamo-Americans were flooded into Texas. Mexicans try to stop the flood of Americans at the Alamo. -
Millionare
Millionairein 1840 the word millionaire is invented because of all the money flowing into the US -
Morris Code
The history of the telegraph-Samuel MorseMorris code is invented multiple dots and dashes -
Nitroglycerin
Nitroglycerin was invented to help build the railroad through mountains. -
Mass migration to Cali
Global Migration, 1846-1940Thousands of men, women, children heading for a new life. Mass migration to California moving west. -
Wagon trian heads West
The tragic story of the Donner PartyWagon train heads west leader George Donor his wife is a school teacher -
The Donner party
The Donner PartyThe Donar party got stuck in the mountains, snow began to fall and the family gets stranded -
Gold found in Cali
The Gold RushA carpenter finds a piece of gold in California, this begins the California Gold Rush -
Oil
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Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin- Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Toms Cabin is released, it became the most popular book, other than the bible, it was written about slavery and how people shouldn't be okay with the idea -
The Donner party begins to get too hungry
Survivors of the Donner PartyThe Donner party eat their, food supply in two weeks, then there cattle, then raw hid, twigs and dirt, then they eat their first human. -
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh transformed from a tired town into a Boom town. -
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Lincoln and slavery
The Election of 1860Lincoln is against slavery, the south isnt happy with Lincolns beliefs, the south thinks they will become poor if Lincoln takes their slaves away. -
North and South
Abraham lincoln American Civil WarNorth is behind Lincoln the 16th president. South begins to rebel agianst Lincolns ideas -
Souths war
Why the Confederacy was not ready for warSouth is getting ready for a war agianst the Norh. 5 weeks after lincoln takes office the war begins. -
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Mini ball
Weapons of the American Civil WarThe North has a faster gun thanks to the Mini Ball, a new type of bullet they use is faster and breaks bones. -
Dog Tags
History of the Dog TagSoldiers begin to make the first dog tags, so theyre familys can find them if they pass away. -
Southern Independence
Southern IndependenceSouthern independence is ready to fight for its rights, South is fighting for slavery because they don't want to loose money theyre making from the cotton fields. -
Lee and the South
Robert E. LeeRober E. Lee is an excellent leader for the South, he brought them many victorys and almost won the South the Civil War. -
Confederates and Bullrun
The first battle of Bull RunConfederate troops wait outside of Bullrun, South is greatly out numbered. -
Railroad closes for the South
Abraham LincolnLincoln turns the railroad into a weapon of war, soldiers of the North and supplies are moved much faster. -
South starves without Railroads
Confederate RailroadsSouth starts to starve without any goods shipped by the railroads -
The Civil war
The Civil War The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places. More than 3 million Americans fought in it, and over 600,000 men, 2 percent of the population, died in it. -
Ulysses S. Grant
American ExperienceUlysses S. Grant is a great leader during the Civil War, he also served two years as president, he was Abraham Lincolns choice commander. -
Women in War
Female Nurses of the Civil WarWomen during Civil Warwomen begin to join in the war efforts and become nurses -
Lincoln Gives South an Ultimatume
American Civil warLincoln gives South an ultimatume to come back, South rejects Lincolns offer. -
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Dangerous tasks
while building the transcontinental railroad americans began to buy chinese workers and have them do the most dangerous tasks for them. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental railroadThe transcontinental railroad was finally finished in 1869. -
Buffolo
1 million buffolo are shipped out of Kansas alone for their hides. -
Cowboys
Texas work cowboys many cowboys were afrian american, cattle ranchers. -
Carnegy and steal
Andrew Carnegy is looking at a new wat to produce steal. -
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Indians Concerned
IndiansIndians couldnt understand what the white men was doing to the buffalo, they respected the buffalo. -
Lightbulb
In New Jersey Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb, life is changed forever. -
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Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty is assembledNew York has a problem, statue of liberty is sent to america but the cost to reassemble it is too expensive. -
Statue of Liberty is built
The Statue of LibertyA fundraiser is started by Puler who writes a pop. paper and 1,2100 dollars is raised. -
Sears
Sears CatalogBased out of Chicago Sears sells pocket watches out of the first catalogs invented. -
Carnegy produces steal
Carnegy begins to build a new steal plant and is the first man to ever mass produces steal. -
Crime
Crime and poverty are at there peek on the streets. -
Last of the indians
Great Plain IndiansThe last band of the Great Plain Indians end up surrendering. -
Recycling
Streets are filled with filth until George Werring comes to New York and begins to have the streets cleaned and the first recycled garbage begins. -
Great Migration
African Americans begin the Great Migration to the North. -
Ford Cars
Henry Ford is mass producing cars. -
LA
Hollywood Land is invented, LA is built up. -
US is Rich
America is becoming the richest nation in the world. -
Riots
Chicago race riot begins. -
Descrimination
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Booze
America has a big booze problem. -
Sewers
Cities now have sewage systems. -
LA and Its Water
Water supply to LA is finished (Acquaduct). -
America
America is booming. -
Chicago
White people do not want African Americans on their beaches. -
Lumber
Lumber is green gold railroads help move lumbar. -
Urbanization
More Americans live in urban areas. -
Du Priest
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The Great Plains
Locusts come and devour vegitation 30 years later Locusts extinct. -
Todays Great Plains
today 50 million wheat is cropped each year. -
18th
The eighteenth amendment makes alchol illegal.
