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Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was the inventor of thr cotton gin. He was born in 1794. The cotton gin is a machine that helped speed up the process of making cotton. It helped pick out all the seeds of the cotton fiber. http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when the American Colonies did not want to have taxes on tea so they boarded ships with thousands of pounds of tea and went over to boston. Once they were there they dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor to protest. -
American Revolutionary War
This war was when the 13 colonies were sik of Britian controlling them so they fought for their freedom. In the end we won and defeated the best military force. -
The Declaration of Independence
The day of the Declaration of Independence the thirteen colonies were sick of Great Britain ruling them so they declared themselves as thirteen new independent states.
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Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is when the French bought the Lousiana Territory and sold it to the United States. The Louisiana Territory is the boundaries from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Making the purchase, it doubled the United States and gave the U.S. full access to the Mississippi River.(McDougal Litiel 345-346) -
Lewis and Clark Journey
The Lewis and Clark Journey is the first journey anyone had taken into the western portion of the United States. Lewis and Clark are two of the men that took the journey.(McDougal Litiel 348) -
The Steamboat (Robert Fulton)
Even though it took many tries, Robert Fulton was the inventor of the first sucessful steamboat. The steamboat was a miracle to people back then. It carried tons of supplies and people. The steamboat was generated by steam power. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat -
The Texas War for Independence
The Texas Revolution is a war against the Native Americans. The Texans did not want them to settle there. Part of the problem was that Texas was right on the border of the Louisiana Territory so, it was an issue. The Texans then won and declared themselves independent. (McDougal Litiel427-430) -
The Alamo Battle
The Battle of Alamo was an event in the Texas Revolution. The Mexicans killed all of the Texians which encouraged people to join the Texian army. Then the Texians defeated the Mexicans ending the revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo -
Trail of Tears
Many people in the South wanted to live and plant crops in Indian territory but, it would take a while to get there. The journey was called the Trail of Tears because of how hard it was to get to the destination. This journey was so hard, it was even deadly.
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The Donner Party
The Donner Party was a group of people who were trying to travel west. Then the winter came and they had to camp out till winter ended. They ended up not having enough food, so they started eating the people who died. At first there were 87 members, but after the winter only 48 made it to California. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party -
The Mexican American War
Mexico really wanted to claim Texas as its own but, the United States wanted it too. So, they tried to set up boundaries but, that still didn't work. Then Mexico declared war and we fought for a while and got Texas back. In the end, the USA got tons of land in the west. More Americans moved in, and the USA was happy.(McDougal Litiel 434) -
California Gold Rush
It all started when James Marshall spotted something shiny. When he went to pick it up, he discovered the thing was gold. Ever since that day, people started piling into California to claim their gold. That is why they called it the "Claifornia Gold Rush".(McDougal Litiel 439-440) -
Attack on Fort Sumter
General Beauregard was given orders to attack Fort Sumter so his troop did. They did so much damage, the Fort Sumter surrendered and were evacuated.
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First Appearance of Batman
When everyone first found out about batman it was in the Detective Comics #27. 1939 was the year where basically the marvel superheros came into our world.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/03/30/happy-birthday-batman-today-is-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-release-of-his-first-appearance-in-detective-comics-27/ -
Brown v. The Board of Education
Black children were not allowed to go to any public schools with white people in them and Brown had a problem with that. She went to the board of education and won in the court trial.
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First Appearance of Spiderman
Spiderman first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15. He was a huge hit, even people liked spiderman better than batman!
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/03/30/happy-birthday-batman-today-is-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-release-of-his-first-appearance-in-detective-comics-27/ -
USA walks on the moon
Neil Armstrong, who worked for NASA, was the first human being to ever walk on the moon. His words were, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." We had a sucessful mission and his name will now be well-known -
Death of Elvis
Elvis Presley was known as the king because of his amazing singing but one day it all ended. He was found on the bathroom floor dead because he had cardiac arrhythmia.
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My birthday
This is the day of my birth. -
9/11
On this day tourist took out two planes into New York city. Once they got there they bombed/crashed into the twin towers which had tons of people in them. We lost many lives that day.
http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks
