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The Declaration of Independence
It was a letter sent by the states to great britain. They were tired of there rule. Then after they got the letter great Britain went to war with the colonys. The colonys won the war and won thier independence. -
signing of the U.S. Constitution
All of the states were there exept for rode island. they all gathered in independce hall. The first state to sign it was delaware. -
Cotton gin
The cotton gin had a big impact on America. Before it was invented they would have to pick the seed out by hand and that took lots of time, but now that the cotton gin was invent 1 slave could do the work of 100. Then there was a even bigger need for slaves, because now that the cotton gin was invented they had to grow more cotton so they could keep running the cotton gin. -
Steam engine
The steam enigne was very usefull to America. Instead of heading down the Mississippi River on a raft and selling every thing down stream and walking back up. The steam engine was invented so that they could carry alot more and ride back up the river when you are done selling everything. -
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Civil War
The civil war started because the south wanted slave in there country and the north didnt want them in there country. Then a war broke out between the two sides. At the begining the north was losing the war and it was looking good for the south. Then the tide of the war turned at the battle of gettysburg because of the gettysburg adress. After a while we won the civil war. This is importent in american history because it help to get rid of slaves -
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Battle of Gettyburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a battle during the civil war. It was one of the bloodiest battles during the civil war. This battle was won by the confederacy. It is an important battle in the civil war because it was the turning point in the civil war. -
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Battle of Little Bighorn
The battle of Little big horn was a battle between the native americans and the americans. The general for the americans was Colonel George Custer. The native americans won the battle and no american lived from the battle -
OK Land Rush
The OK land Rush was where settles lined up in a line and then they would race of and claim land. once they got to the land they wanted they could have it. Then if they improved it for 5 years the land would be in thier name. -
Stock Market Crash
the stock market crash, alot of people lost there stocks. Some 16 million stocks are traded per day. it is inmportent because stocks are a big part of america, and a lot of people invest in them. -
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World War II
America got into World War II after the bombing of pearl harbor. 30 diffrent countrys where in the war. Over 100 million people were in the war. It is importent because we were in a war the almost the hole world was in. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
It was when cuba got missles from the sovet union and were going to use them. America got into a 13 day war with them then they gave the missles back. it is importent because we got into a 13 day war and the had missles and were going to use them. -
My birthday
I was born in PA. Now i live in Bowmansvile,PA. My interests in 8th grade are playing soccer, math and sience. -
Terrorist attacks
In 2001 one plane hit one of the twin towers it was on fire and lots of smoke was coming out of the hole in the side of the building. then acouple minutes later another plane crashed into the other twin tower. then they both ended up falling down. then later a plane crashed into the pentagon. It was inportend because it was a magor terrorist attack.