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Decaration of independence
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the Declaration of Independence, severing the colonies' ties to the British Crown.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
• In 1804 Lewis and Clark went on a journey to explore the west. -
The Louisiana Purchase
• President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from France. -
The trail of tears
• White people made the natives move “trail of tears”, so they could move in. -
The Taxes Revlotion
• In 1835 Texas people said they wanted to be on their own to the Mexicans. -
The donner party
In the spring of 1846, a group of nearly 90 emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west. Led by brothers Jacob and George Donner, the group attempted to take a new and supposedly shorter route to California. they ate each other when they died.
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The Mexican American war
The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war -
The California gold rush
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849 -
Fort Sumter attack
This attack was the beging of the cival war, and lasted two days, also once fort sumter was fired at there was no turning back. -
The day women get the right to vote
this was the day tht congress passed the law that women get the right to vote and not just men, That day marck the freedom for women to be able to do the same things as men. -
Attack on preal harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes.
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Brown V. Board of education
On May 17, 1954, the Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. The Brown case served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere and forming the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society.
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Michael Jackson
The day My Favorite artist was born! -
Man walks on the moon
On july 20, 1969 Neil Armstong walked on the moon at 10:56. -
The death of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presely died from cardiac arrhythmia when he was in his bath room when he died he fell on the floor in his bathroom. -
My b-day
This was the day a glitter child was born -
9/11
On September 11, 2001 2 plane crashed into the world trate senter, one crashed in to the pentagon and the fourth in a field in pennsylvania. -
Michael jackson
Michael Jacksons new album '' xscape" came out this day.
