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Period: Feb 29, 1492 to
America History
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Mar 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus found America
On October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail to what is now America. If this wouldn't have happened then we wouldn't be living here today. -
Industrial Revolution
The industrial Revolution was when the United states got machines and other kinds of stuff. The first industry was cloth-making were they used machines to make clothes. If this wouldn't have happened then we might not have machines for toys, clothes, shoes, and all sorts of stuffs. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was fought between the British and the French and their allies. This war was over the land in North America. If this wouldn't have happened then the British wouldn't own America. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was an event were Europe forced Spain to give the territory back to France. France offered to sell the land between the Mississippi river and the eastern slopes of the rocky mountains to the United States for only 15 million dollars. This sale doubled the size of the United states and would later be spit into more than a dozen states. If this wouldn't have happened then the United States probably wouldn't be all ours. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was an event where Andrew Jackson sent the Cherokees and other Native Americans. If this wouldn't have happened then we would still have alot of Native Americans because they pretty much all died on the Trail of Tears. -
Civil War
The Civil War was between the Northern States and the Confderacy. It lasted for four years. The North was the Union, they had more industry, wealth, and soilders. This war was over slavary and the Union was against it and the Confederate was with it. If this war wouldn't have happened then slavary would still be going and maybe we could own slaves and take them away from their families. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a very horrible thing it lasted for 10 years! It was when the economy got really bad and alot of people lost their jobs. If this didn't happen then people would still have jobs, homes, and food. -
World War 2
In 1941 Germany's ally, Japan, attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, then Germany declared war on the US after they declared war on Japan.Allies defeated Germans, then Japan surrender. If this had not happened then we wouldn't be a country -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was between the French and Vietnamees. This war hapened because at the time the President didn't want Comunisms into America. If this didn't happen then America would have alot of Comunisms. -
9/11 tarrist atack
On this event Osama Bin laden sent men out on september 9th of 2001 to attack the twin towers in New York and the pentagon in washington D.C. He killed alot of people on that day and just found him about a year ago. If this wouldnt have happened then poeple would be ok with Arabs and we wouldn't have had to take all this time to find Osama.
