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Aug 3, 1492
christifor columbus founded america
on augest 3, 1492,Columbus set out on a voyage thet changed history. -
The begnining of the deceralation of independence
congress adopted the document that proclames independence-the declaration of independence. -
The Louisiana Purchase
When americains talked about the west in 1800, they ment the area between the appalachian mountains and the mississippi river -
the lewis and clark journey west
The expedation, which numbered about 40, left st. Louis in may of 1804 (page 348). -
The Texas War for Independence
teans met at a settlement called Washington-on-the-Braxos to deside what to do about santa anna's troops. -
-The Mexican American War
a mexican unit crossed the Rio Grande and ambushed an american patrol. two days later, congress declared war (page 435). -
-The California Gold Rush
just one month before mexico lost calafornia to the united sates, a carpenter named james marshall made an important discovery -
attack of fort sumter
in 1861, that spark occurred at fort sumter, a federal outpost in charleston, south Carolina, that was attacked by confederate troops. -
Brown v The Board of Education
in the early 1950s, five school cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington,D.C, came together under the title of Brown v. Board of education. -
usa landed on the moon
neil armstrong and edwin "buzz"Aldrin climbed out and became the first people to walk on the moon. -
the death of elvis
he was a famous singer. and he died because of drugs -
my birthday
this is the day i was born -
9/11 Attack
hijackers flew an airplane into the World Trade Center, an important business center in New York City. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
