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An attack on the Pequot tribe from the settlers, and they burnt down their fort and tried to eliminate the entire tribe -
Governor Robert Morris allowed any American settler to scalp and kill a Native over the age of 12, would be rewarded with $150, and under with $130 -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest, American colonists were getting taxation without representation. So at said protest they dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, was the event that caused the American Revolutionary war. This is also when the 'shot heard 'round the world' occured, because it was dead silent beforehand and thus is what caused the war. -
The Declaration of Independence is what made America, the treaty is what united us all as one country, get it, united? United States? -
The Winter at Valley Forge was a gruesome time, out of 11,000 soldiers hundreds died of many different causes like infections or frostbite. The reason this is so significant is because George Washington stayed with them the whole time and helped them survive. -
After 16 months of debate, The Article of Confederation was ratified. Virginia and Maryland's land claims made the debate last an extra four years! Must be some pretty important dirt. -
At the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia gave the final blow to the American Revolutionary War and started the nation's new independence. It also showed how great George Washington truly is -
The compromise is counting the slaves as 3/5's a person, because there are a lot of slaves in America and they needed to count them for the house of representatives -
The Constitution was Ratified, and became the ground-work for America's new upcoming, bettered government. No thanks to Road Island though, they were the last to sign. -
As George Washington was inaugurated the executive branch of the United States government officially began operations under the new frame of government. -
George Washington told everyone to view themselves as one whole and to avoid political parties, look how great we are now. -
At Mount Vernon, George Washington passed from a throat infection -
This day the electoral college had a tie with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and decided to break ties with Jefferson winning -
The first case to apply the judicial review, which is now one of the foundations of the constitutional law. -
Congress finally enacted the ratification of the slave trade act -
The US broke the Tecumseh's power and ended the threat of an Indian confederation -
This made Missouri a slave state, which just means allowing slavery, and Maine became a free state -
The act authorized the president to sell the Native's lands without their consent and to expand westward -
An enslaved man started a rebellion with his fellow slaves, and caused a massacre of 200 black people, and new rules were made to keep them more in-line -
Because of the Indian Removal Act, the Natives were cast out of their homes and they had to walk to native states, thousands of miles away, with "encouragement" from settlers holding them at gunpoint to make sure they get there -
This act objectified slaves, and were branded to certain slave owners and must return to their captors if they attempt to escape -
The US Supreme Court denied black citizenship and upheld slavery, and even power high in power were surprised by this decision -
This was a two day riot between Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys, starting as a street fight, to a full city gang war. Funnily enough it started in a bar and a rabbit carcass was tossed through and they took it as a sign -
This day was when Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, during the third year of the civil war -
This amendment abolished slavery, and instantly released 10,000 slaves -
The kkk has never been good, they've always gone out of their way to be racist which makes sense, but even back then they were jerks, even when everyone was racist. -
The 14th amendment helped establish equality for the previous slaves so they won't get hate-crimed and get away with it -
This as well as the 14th helped create equality with black people, but the 15th gave them the right to vote -
its where the "Separate but equal" doctrine comes from, and the court wanted to uphold constitutionality of racial segregation -
Rockefeller over time bought out most of the oil refineries and later on controlled over 90% of the us with his oil -
Alexander is the one who patented the telephone, but there were many before who created basically the same contraption -
This was Sir Custer's final mistake, he was a soldier and he lead his teams into Native American territory and underestimated how many there were and every trooper died. -
This was when the war with the natives were won and their land was stolen, so they rushed to claim their land for themselves -
Near the end of the US Indian war, the Calvary killed 146 Sioux tribe members, and it all started because someone shot, and no one knows who but it was the same shot as the shot heard around the world because before there was no noise and after it was madness -
The Ellis island was a waiting ground for immigrants being transported -
L. Frank Baum wrote the famous book made one of the most known musicals of all time from his book, which was adapted by him also. Must've been how he died, drowning in cash -
Still to this day is the US's largest steel company with over 480 million dollars -
Teddy is still to this the day the youngest president we've ever had, at 42 years old. He was only elected because the president died early during his term -
I know theres been other \s before but I think Henry Ford is one of the most well known people to name their inventions after themselves -
Her article exposed Rockefeller of his unethical tactics to steal the game, and actually, he violated the Sherman Antitrust Act and it lost him 34 companies because of his illegal monopoly -
the 16th amendment established Congress's right to take income tax money from all American citizens -
It was an immigration and deportation station, which detained with very oppressive condition and after staying two weeks to six months, they are legally allowed into America -
the 17th amendment modified Article I, section 3, of the Constitution, which gave the people more power by choosing their senators -
The Starrett Corporation created the empire state to house more corporate offices