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Salem Witch Trials
A set of trials for a group of people who were accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts resulted in twenty executions (fourteen of which were women).
The importance of the Salem Witch Trials is linked with the proper role of government and religion in society. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists disguised as Native Americans protested against paying taxes by throwing tea chests into the Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party resulted into Britain passing the Intolerable Acts on the American Colonists. -
The Declaration of Independence
The committee of five (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman) drafted a document which would become the ticket to America's separation from Great Britain; a total of fifty-six delegates ended up signing the document.
This is important to us because without this document, the United States of America would still be controlled by Great Britain. -
The Birth of the United States Constitution
This document, which is amended twenty-seven times, protects the rights of individuals as well as federal authority.
The US Constitution is very important because one of the ways people can live a easy, healthy life is to be born with natural rights. -
Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson began his first term as the president of the United States after beating John Adams.
Many notable presidents have came along after Jefferson and changed America in some kind of way. -
The War of 1812
This was a war between the United States and Great Britain and their allies.
The United States used to be controlled by Britain and now they decide to fight because Britain enforced a naval blockade. -
Andrew Jackson's Presidency
On March 4, 1829, Andrew Jackson was sworn in as the seventh president of the United States.
Jackson was responsible for for where people lived back in those days. -
The Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws were a set of laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Life in the South back then was much different from life in the South today because racial tension was extremely high. -
The Trail of Tears
Thousands of Native American men, women and children walked along a trail heading westward from their homelands where many died along the way from starvation, diseases, exposure, etc.
This was the result of the Indian Removal Act (created by President Andrew Jackson) which forced thousands of innocent Native Americans out of the land in which they grew up and previously owned. -
Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman finally makes her escape from slavery after being a victim since birth.
She made her escape from slavery just to help others escape as well by using the underground railroad. -
The Underground Railroad
This was a path that African-Americans used to escape slavery.
African-Americans today have ancestors that were slaves and if it wasn't for the underground railroad, African-Americans today could possibly be slaves today. -
Lincoln's Presidency
In March of 1861, Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president of the United States.
He would go on to right the Emancipation Proclamation, the document that would set all slaves across the US free. -
The Civil War
The Union States (North) and the Confederate States (South) join together in war that lasts for four years.
The United States were divided because of some of their beliefs. -
Lincoln's Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln went to see a play at Ford's Theater where an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln in the back of his head; Lincoln dies the next day.
Lincoln stood up for human rights and freedom for slaves so this was a huge loss for people who supported him. -
The Invention of the Telephone
Scientist and Inventor Alexander Graham Bell invents a device called the telephone.
This device changed the way we communicate with other people. -
The Invention of the Light Bulb
Scientist and Inventor Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
This changed the way we view and see things. -
The Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge finally opens to the public after being under construction for quite some time.
This is a very famous site to witness. -
The Statue of Liberty
The famous Statue of Liberty finally arrives in New York Harbor.
Many people across the United States and across the world come to visit his famous site. -
Ulysses S. Grant's Death
US president and Civil War Ulysses S. Grant dies suddenly in McGregor, New York -
Groundhog Day
The first Groundhog Day is observed in Pennsylvania.
Groundhog Day determines whether spring comes early or later in the year.
