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The Stamp Act
This act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as will, newspapers, and playing cards. A stamp would be placed on the items to prove that the tax had been paid. It was the first tax that affected colonists directly because it was levied on goods and services. -
Boston Tea Party
A large group of Boston rebels disquised as Native Americans, dumped 18,000 lbs. of the East India Company's tea into the waters of Boston harbor. -
Declaration of Independance
The delegates voted unanimously that the American colonies were free, and on July 4, 1776, they adopted the declaration of Independance. The colonist had declared their freedom from Britain. They would now have to fight for it. -
The Monroe Doctrine
The doctrine became a foundation for future American policy that represented an important step onto the world stage by the assertive young nation. It is known as the justification of expansion into Latin America. -
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices and wages went down while unemployment went up. Pessimism abounded during the time. The panic had both domestic and foreign origins. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and prohibited exclusion from jury service. The Supreme Court decided the act was unconstitutional in 1883. -
The Wright Brothers
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who were credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. -
The Holocaust
Shortly after Hitler took power in Germany, he ordered all "non-Aryans" to be removed from goverment jobs. This order was one of the first moves in a campaign for racial purity-the Holocaust--the systematic muder of 11 million people accross Europe. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, a seamstress and an NAACP officer, took a seat in the front row of the "colored" section of a Montgomery bus. The driver ordered parks and three other Aferican-Americans to get up, so that a white man could sit down without having to sit next to any colored peopla. Rosa was then arrested for refusing to move from her seat.
