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The stono rebellion
The Stono Rebellion was the largest rebellion mounted by slaves against slave owners in colonial America. The Stono Rebellion's location was near the Stono River in South Carolina. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the war in which Great Britain's 13 American colonies won their independence. The colonies became a new country, the United States. The revolution began in 1763 and ended in 1783. -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was the war in which Great Britain's 13 American colonies won their independence. The colonies became a new country, the United States. The revolution began in 1763 and ended in 1783. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists went onto ships, broke open the chests of tea and dumped them into the harbor. Because of the Boston Tea party, Parliament decided to have four acts passed in 1774, such as: closing the port of Boston, drastically reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts, permitting royal officers in America to be tried in other colonies or in England when accused of crimes, and providing for the quartering of troops by the colonists. -
The new nation
In 1776 the continental committee created a new plan for a central government. The committee wrote the articles of confederation which created a loose alliance of the states. Ratification was delayed until 1781. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States declaration of independence was the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. -
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National Expansion and Reform
National Expansion & Reform, 1815–1860. Rapid economic, territorial, and demographic changes in the first half of the nineteenth century challenged the new republic to define and extend the democratic ideals established in the previous century. -
Women rights movement
The women rights movement was during 1848, This was a movement towards women's rights because of women's suffrage, right to vote, and many others were not in favor of women -
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American Civil War
The civil war was a war between the union and the confederacy. The cause of the war was the statue of slavery and the expansion of slavery into territories. -
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Reconstruction Era
The Reconstruction era was time after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877, the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans. -
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Rise of industrial America
During the Rise of industrial America old industries expanded and many new ones including steel manufacturing emerged. Railroads expanded significantly during this time period -
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Wild west
The wild west encompasses the geography, history, and culture. This was a time period of cowboys, Indians, pioneers, brought together by the purpose of expansion, greed, defense and reinvention. -
13th Amendment
congress approved the 13th amendment and the states ratified it, which abolished slavery in all parts of the US. After two centuries, legalized slavery finally ceased to exist in the US. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is the practice of many societal practices that apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to economics and politics -
Gilded Age
The gilded age was a time of corruption, gross materialism, and political corruption in U.S history during the 1980's that gave rise to social and political criticism -
Haymaker Riot
Th haymaker riot was a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4,1886 in Chicago Illinois, Unite States. . -
Homestead strike
The homestead strike was an industrial lockout and strike that began on July 1st 1892. -
Progressive Era
The progressive Era was a time period where there were many issues including, women's suffrage, women's equal rights, Labor rights, economic reform, environmental protections, and welfare for poor immigrants -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American war was during 1898, It started on April 12, 1898. It was a conflict between Spain and America it began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in the Cuban war of independence -
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WW1
World War 1 started on June 28 in 1914 and ended November 11 1918. World war 1 it began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918. -
Roaring 20's
The roaring 20's was a decade during the 1920's where it was all about relief from the great depression, it was filled with new music, style, fashion. -
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Great Depression
The great depression was a very crucial and sad times for Americans during the 1920's to 1930's. The great depression was a stock market crash, loss of money, poverty, and fall of the economy. -
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Holocaust
Holocaust was the genocide of the European jews during world war 2 between 1941 to 1945. Nazy Germany and its helpers murdered around six million jews.