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The Magna Carta was the first written constitution in European history. The Magna Carta( Great Charter) is a document guaranteeing English political liberties. This document was signed by King John on June 15,1215. The Magna Carta basically put into writing that the king and his government were not above the law. -
The French and Indian War, also known as the seven year war formed a chapter in the imperial struggle between British and France called the Second Hundred Years War. At the end of the war Great Britain won the war.
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The Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776 the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence. During that time we separated from Great Britain. On July 2nd, 1776 the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776 is celebrated as Americas birthday for independence. -
The 12 Founding Fathers were George Washington, John Adams,Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe and Benjamin Franklin.The founding fathers were the most prominent statesmen of America's Revolutionary generation. They are responsible for the successful war for colonial independence from Great Britain. They Founding Fathers also wrote the constitution of the United States of America during the Philadelphia convention. -
On April 30, 1789 George Washington was the first president of the United States. He served in office from 1789-1797. -
On January 1, 1863 President Lincoln formally issued the Emancipation Proclamation which is all enslaved people in the states currently engaged in rebellion against the Union shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. Then the Republican Party introduced the 13th amendment into Congress, and in April 1864 the necessary amount of the Republican party passes the amendment. However the House of Representatives which has a higher proportion of Democrats didn't pass it until January 1865. -
The Great Depression was a world wide epidemic that lasted from August 1929-March 1933. It caused people to be jobless, homeless, have no food for their families, and banks failed. The Great Depression started after the Stock Market Crash in 1929, which causes wall street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. It was the worst depression that our country has ever has and it causes about 15 million Americans to be unemployed and nearly half the banks in America failed. -
The Stock Market Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash happened in October 1929 and didn't end until November 1929. The cause of the Stock Market was the crash of low wages, proliferation of debt, and excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack by the Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu Hawaii. It happened just before 0800 on December. 7, 1941. The surprise attack destroyed 20 American Naval ships, over 300 planes, and more than 2,400 Americans died in the attack. After the attack President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on Japan. December 11, 1941 the United States declared war on Japan. -
September 11, 2001 was the most devastating day in American history. September 11, 2001 at 8:46 flight 11 crashes into the north face of the North Tower (1WTC) 92 people on that plane were killed. 9:03 flight 175 crashed into the South Tower (2WTC) 65 people on the plane were killed. 9:37 flight 77 crashes into the western side on The Pentagon all 64 people on the plane were killed.10:03 flight 93 crashed by its hijackers in a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. -
Tower 1 and 2 both collapsed and around 3,000 people died on 9/11. 9/11 definitely had an impact on the United States as a whole country. After 9/11 happened we had to step up our national security just incase we had another terrorist attack on our country. I feel 9/11 is a event that helped shape out government -
making peace with North Korea, Mexico, Middle East, he stood behind Israel, and he other countries. So I truly believe Donald Trump had a major impact on our Country when he was in office. There was so much more Donald Trump did for our country and things he valued that I think helped us as a Country. -
The election of 2016 I feel was one of the most important elections in presidential history. I think by Donald Trump getting elected as president it saved our country from becoming a communist country. He fixed a lot of things that previous president did that could've causes our country a lot of problems. Donald Trump being in the Republican party he really valued the important thing in our country such as, Military, economy, jobs for Americans, illegal immigration, law enforcement,