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Oct 12, 1492
columbus sets sail
Christofer Columbus sets sail for a western route to Asia and due to a storm ends up in the caribbean
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Aug 28, 1539
De Soto explores southeast U.S.
de soto explores more of the southeast in the U.S.A which led to people moving to more places -
Slavery Was Started In Virginia
Slaves were introduced to the Virginia Colonies and this marked a huge thing were people chose to either support or oppose slavery ending up with the civil war -
The Revolutionary War
The American revolutionary war was a major impact on todays society were we won against the strongest of all the major powers in the world and we made our stand that we are our own country and we claimed independence in the end -
Boston Tea Party
The boston tea party plays a key role in our lives today because it was a huge thing leading up to america's independence today -
The Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence is important to american society today because it announced our independence and made us our own country free from England allowing us to do many of the things we do today like vote. -
The Louisiana Purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase, where America bought the Louisiana territory which doubled the ammount of land america owned and it only cost around 42 cents per acre which added up to $223 million. All the land that we purchased we still own except a little bit of canada -
The war of 1812.
The congress declaired war on great britain and due to this war we were able to start making a better army for america to protect us and winning this war kept great britain from taking over american land -
California Gold Rush
People moved to California and settled down to get rich off of gold -
13th Amendment Passed Outlawing Slavery
We cant own slaves to do the work for us.
