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Sep 12, 1492
Columbus
Christopher Columbus and his fleet of ships "discovered" the new wolrd -
Colonization
Founding of Jamestown, Virgina. One the first colonizations in the "New World" -
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American Revolution
America gained independance from the British -
Creation of the Constition
The first draft of the constitution was started on Augest 6th 1787 and the final draft was completed and accepted september 17th 1787 -
Westward Expansion
The Louisiana purchase was a major factor in this because it was what started the availibity for people to move west and also gave the U.S full controll of New Orleans port and control of mississippi river -
Civil War and Reconstruction
Battle of Gettysburg was a major battle during the Civil war and was the turning point for the war. -
Growing Pains
Was a tariff that would not allow states to trade with certain countries. And this was how the us got divided between the Union and the Confederacy. -
Manifest Destiny
The Homestead act. It gave people living in the west the oppertunity to move west and purchase up to 160 acres of land at a small price as long as they agrred to build and live on the land for a certain period of time -
Industrialization/Gilded Age
Rail Roads became one of the biggest roles in the Industrialization of America. -
Emerging World Power
America relized that they were well proteced by the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. They started to develop and strong army and navy to add to there protection -
Progressivism/Reform
Prohibition. The act of outlawing alcohal in America -
WWI and Roaring 20's
In 1929 the stock market crashed and started the Great Depresion -
WWII and Great Depresion
Pearl Harbor. Japanese planes made there way to Americas navels base in Pearl Harbor, HI. This event made America even more engaged in WWII. In 1939 the the Great Depression stated to come to a end when millions of Americans were put into service and into work to make supplies for the Amry -
Cold War
America dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
Fight for Equaliry
Rosa Parks took the brave choice to start the bus boycott. -
Globalization and Techknology
The Y2K scare happened. While computers were a major part in everyday life and was such a big inpact in the world, many people thought that on January 1st 2000, all computers would crash everyday life would become the the life that people loved before computers and be shut of everybody necesities -
Terroism in the Modern World.
The attack on the World Trade Center in New York, New York that changed America forever. -
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