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Declaration of Independence
This was the day that Thomas Jefferson and others signed the DOI and made America a free country from England. -
The Louisiana purchase
This was the day that Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from the French. Which double the size of the nation and opened up more land to the American people, but pushed out native Americans. -
The Donner Party
This was the day that the Donner party moved west to get more land but then they got stuck in the mountains and had to eat each other to survive. -
The California Gold Rush
This was the day that made many people from all over the world move west to California in search for gold. This impacted the U.S in many ways it made landowners rich and it helped create San Francisco -
The Battle of Gallipoli
The Battle of Gallipoli was a military campaign in the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula, from 17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916. -
Pearl Harbor
This was the day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor which sent the U.S to fight in WW2. -
9 11
This was the day that hijackers took over two planes and crashed them into the twin towers which brought great sadness to the U.S. -
My birthday
This was the day that I was brought into the world.