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Aug 29, 1492
christopher discovers america
Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain with three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He did this to find new land and prove that the world was round. This helped shape America because he found the land of America. Also we wouldn't be here today if he hadn't found America. -
Creation of JamesTown
By the end of the war, Lincoln publicly calls for limited black suffrage in the South.to establish settlements in Newfoundland and at Roanoke, the famous "Lost Colony," off the coast of present-day North Carolina, England established its first permanent North American settlement, Jamestown. It gave us a little hope that we could make something good of the land. -
Americas first Settlement
After unsuccessful attempts President Lincoln announces a plan for reconstructing those Confederate states already under Union control. He offered to pardon Confederates who take an oath to support the Union. When ten percent of a state's citizens eligible to vote in 1860 swear an oath of allegiance and a state has abolished slavery, he promises to readmit the state to the Union. It is important because it gave us our first settlement and helped us build a country. -
A law in Massachusetts
Section 1. Every town shall maintain, for at least the number of days required by the board of education in each school year unless specifically exempted as to any one year by said board, a sufficient number of schools for the instruction of all children who may legally attend a public school therein. This is important to america because it gave us all an oprotunity to learn. -
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod
He was out with a kite and a key and it was stormy. So the lighting struck the key and he found that lighting is attracted to metal. This is important because we wouldn't be up to date on electricity and how metal conducts electricity. -
The 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. This helped america by if the indians had won we may not have the culture we do now. -
First Medical School
Dr. John Morgan's "Discourse Upon the Institution of Medical Schools in America," delivered in the College of Philadelphia, May 30, 1765, constituted the formal opening of the first medical school, and the speaker filled the first medical professorship created in this country. In consequence whereof a "Commencement" was held three years later at which medical honors were conferred, the first in point of time in America. this is important because it gave us a way to learn to be doctors -
The Geography of America
To gather information about the geography, natural resources, and people of Louisiana, and to establish territorial claims to the trans-Mississippi West, Jefferson dispatched an expedition, led by his private secretary, Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), and William Clark. -
The Declaration of Independence
During the Spring of 1776, as the historian Pauline Maier has shown, colonies, localities, and groups of ordinary Americans--including New York mechanics, Pennsylvania militiamen, and South Carolina grand juries--adopted resolutions endorsing independence. These resolutions encouraged the Continental Congress to appoint a five-member committee to draft a formal declaration of independence. This is important because it is what gave us all our freedom. -
The constitution
The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. Because the delegations from only two states were at first present, the members adjourned from day to day until a quorum of seven states was obtained on May 25. This is important because it states the 'We The People.' It talks about how humans should have rights to be free. It also states our rights -
The Alien Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition acts were so broadly written that hundreds of foreign refugees fled to Europe fearing detention. this helped america by keeping it from getting over populated or atacked. -
Abraham elected
In April 1860, the Democratic Party assembled in Charleston, South Carolina to select a presidential nominee. Southern delegates insisted that the party endorse a federal code to guarantee the rights of slaveholders in the territories. this is important because Abraham Lincoln changed america in many ways like changing slavery ,building the first log cabbine, and more. -
civil war
Threats of secession were nothing new. Some Southerners had threatened to leave the Union during a Congressional debate over slavery in 1790, the Missouri Crisis of 1819 and 1820, the Nullification Crisis of 1831 and 1832, and the crisis over California statehood in 1850. In each case, the crisis was resolved by compromise.
this gave more black people in america more rights and let them no different then white people. -
World War II
Washington, April 2 -- At 8:35 o'clock tonight the United States virtually made its entrance into the war. At that hour President Wilson appeared before a joint session of the Senate and House and invited it to consider the fact that Germany had been making war upon us and to take action in recognition of that fact in accordance with his recommendations. This is important because we received more allies for america. -
First Man Maid Satilite
Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. 1957 this is important because it help us watch get news to warn us or any other problem. -
The First President and Vice President
General George Washington, a greatly revered and honored military leader was elected president and John Adams was elected vice president. This is important because it gave us our first county leader. Also it initiated our freedom from the british -
World Trade Center
9-11-2001 was the attack on New York's World Trade Center, and Pentagon in Washington. this is important because it showed how much we were threated by terrorists and how many people have died. This is important becauseitlet us know who our enimei is -
Osama Binladen Death
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed. This is important because it helped keep america safe from terrorists. -
26th Amendment
26th Amendment gives 18-year-olds the right to vote. this is important because it helps us vote for our presidents.
