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Aug 29, 1492
Christopher Columbus Discovers America
Christopher Columbus founded America in 1492 and used three ships, the Santa Maria and two smaller ships, the Pinta and the Nina
Columbus not only discovered a New World, but he led the way for other explorers. We chose this event because if he didn’t find America we wouldn’t be here until a later time.
We chose this event because if he didnt find America we wouldn't be here or we wouldnt be here until a later time. -
England Begins Transporting Criminals to Virginia as Punishment
Sebastian Brandt also shows that the search for precious metals persisted even after the colonists had begun to raise tobacco.
We chose this event because like a number of other consumer products introduced during the early modern era--like tea, coffee, and chocolate--tobacco was related to the development of new work patterns and new forms of sociability. -
Benjamin Franklin Invented The Lighting Rod
Perhaps the most important essay written by an American during the eighteenth century, Franklin's "Observations Concerning the Increase of mankind" was one of the first serious studies of demography. In the early nineteenth century it would serve as an inspiration for Thomas Malthus (1766-1834), who based his grim law of population on Franklin's calculations.
We chose this event because it is an important essay written in the past and it is now part of the U S history. -
Ohio Valley French and Indian War Begins
Half a century of conflict between Britain and France over North America culminated in the French and Indian War. When the war began, there were more than about 2 million British colonists in America and about 65,000 French in Canada.
We chose this event because if the war didn’t happen Britain would have all the French land in Canada except for two tiny fishing islands south of Newfoundland. -
The Boston Tea Party
On December 16, patriots,
disguised as Indians, threw 342 chests of tea, valued at 10,000 pounds sterling, into the harbor.
Writing just five days before Bostonians dumped the cargoes of tea overboard, John Adams still assumed that the British ships would return to England.
We chose this event because if this didn’t happen we would’ve had to pay a lot of money for taxes. -
Shot Heard Round the World
A shot rang out; the British troops fired. Eight minutemen were killed and another ten were wounded.
The battles of Lexington and Concord occurred three weeks after Patrick Henry (1736-1799) delivered his famous words, "Give me liberty or give me death."
We chose this event because it warned the redcoated British troops not to trespass ont he property of freeborn English subjects -
Second Continental Congress Adopts the Declaration of Independendence
These resolutions encouraged the Continental Congress to appoint a five-member committee to draft a formal declaration of independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote the initial draft, which was then edited by other members of the committee and by Congress as a whole. We chose this event because if they didn’t adopt the Declaration of Independence we wouldn’t have it today or it would have been a later time that we would have gotten it. And it gave us of our freedom. -
The Bill of Rights
Seven states had bills of rights protecting fundamental freedoms from government infringement. Among the rights that were guaranteed were freedom of the press, of speech, and of religion, and the right to a jury trial. We chose this event because protects individuals from the national, and not the state, governments. -
George Washington is First Elected President
Washington had a vision of a great and powerful nation that would be built on republican lines using federal power. He sought to use the national government to improve the infrastructure, open the western lands, promote commerce, found a permanent capital, reduce regional tensions and promote a spirit of nationalism
We chose this event because it is an important part of history and since he was the first president. -
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1800, Spain secretly ceded the Louisiana territory--the area stretching from Canada to the Gulf Coast and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains--to France, which closed the port of New Orleans to American farmers. Westerners, left without a port from which to export their goods, exploded with anger. Many demanded war.
We choose this event because it made America grow. -
Spain and Mexico War
The war allowed the United States to rewrite its boundaries with Spain and solidify control over the lower Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Although the United States did not defeat the British Empire, it had fought the world's strongest power to a draw. Spain recognized the significance of this fact, and in 1819 Spanish leaders abandoned Florida and agreed to an American boundary running clear to the Pacific Ocean. We chose this event because if Mexico was still ruled by Spain ten they -
Francis Scott Key Pens “The Star Spangled Banner” during British Assault
British warships began a 25-hour bombardment of the fort, but the Americans repulsed the attack with only four soldiers killed and 24 wounded. One observer, Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), a young lawyer detained on a British ship, was so moved by the American victory that he wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner," the song destined to become the country's national anthem, on the back of an envelope.
We chose this event because this song is now our National Anthem. -
The Texas Revolution
American settlement in Texas began with the encouragement of first the Spanish, and then Mexican, governments. In the summer of l820 Moses Austin, a bankrupt 59-year old Missourian, asked Spanish authorities for a large Texas land tract which he would promote and sell to American pioneers. We chose this event because if they didn’t have this battle Texas wouldn’t be part of the US or it might be but it would have been in a later time period. -
Jospeh Smith Founds the First Church of Chirst
The Mormon church had its beginnings in western New York, which was a hotbed of religious fervor. Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Universalist preachers eagerly sought converts. Fourteen year old Joseph Smith, Jr., the son of a migrant farmer, listened closely to the preachers, but was uncertain which way to turn. We choose this event because Churches are importamt for people to ;earm bout god. -
Kennedy is Killed by Sniper as he Rides in Car in Dallas
President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally was seriously wounded. A suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th president of the United States.
We chose this event because he was our president so it is pretty important to our country. -
Berlin Wall Comes Down
, Communist Party leaders in Eastern Europe had ruled confidently. Each year their countries fell further behind the West; yet, they remained secure in the knowledge that the Soviet Union, backed by the Red Army, would always send in the tanks when the forces for change became too great. But they had not bargained on a liberal Soviet leader like Mikhail Gorbachev . We choose this event because it is an importamt part in Amercian history.
