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The declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a time in history that built america. If Thomas Jefferson wouldn't have bought Louisianan we could possibly be at war all the time. -
The Lewis and Clark Journey West
Lewis and Clark were hired to, map out the land and find out what wildlife and plants are in the area. Wail they mapped and collected information they came across Native American tribes. One tribe Sacajawea (the woman that recognized who the chief was) was family with, gave Lewis and Clark horses to get across the Rockies. -
trail of tears
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. -
The pony express
The pony express began delivering main between East and West in 1860. -
The attack on fort Sumter
In 1861 that spark occurred at Fort Sumter a federal outpost in Charleston south Carolina that was attacked by confederate troops beginning the civil war. -
The sinking of the Titanic
The British luxury liner Titanic sank after hitting an ice burg along its first voyage. About 1,500 passengers died. -
Zimmermann note
This secret telegram to mexico sent by the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman, was decoded and then published by american newspapers in march 1917 -
The holocaust
Almost six million Jews were killed my Adolf Hitlers crew. In a program of mass murder that became known as the Holocaust, Hitler and the Nazis had attempted to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe in the name of Aryan supremacy. -
The d-day invasion of normandy
This is the allied invasion of the northern beaches of France during world war to liberate Europe from the Nazis -
Brown V. Board of education
In the early 1950's five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., came together under the title of Brown V. board of Education -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an African american. He fought for black rights in 1963. He gave an amazing "I Have A Dream" speech. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln momoral on August 28th and gave his amazing speech. -
September 11,2001
Terrorists took control that day. The hijackers flew an airplane into each of two towers that made up the world trade center made important business center in new York city. About 2,500 people were killed that day. another airplane was flown into the pentagon the headquarters of the department of defense located outside of Washington D.C. -
My day
This is the day i was born. The worst day ever!!!!! -
The death of prince
Prince was a musical artist of multiple instruments. Prince sang and played guitar. He died of an accidental drug overdose April 21st of 2016. -
The Hollywood sign
By 1923 Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler had decided to invest in an upscale real-estate development called Hollywoodland, which capitalized on the growing recognition of Hollywood as a movie-industry mecca. In order to promote the project, Chandler and his partners put up $21,000 (over $250,000 in today’s money) for 45-foot-high white block letters that were anchored to telephone poles and illuminated by 4,000 light bulbs.
