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Period: Aug 30, 1450 to
American History
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The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening, the most important event in American religion during the eighteenth century, was a series of emotional religious revivals that spread across the American colonies in the late 1730s and 1740s. why we think this is importaint is it was a verry importaint religious movement -
French And Indian War
Half a century of conflict between Britain and France over North America culminated in the French and Indian War. When the war began, there were more than about 2 million British colonists in America and about 65,000 French in Canada. Explanation: French would be ruling over America. -
Population
World population was nearing 1 billion people. The 1 billion milestone would not be reached until 2 years later, in 1802. The population distribution by region why this is importaint is because globle heating got more servere -
Louisiana Purchased
By a treaty signed on Apr. 30, 1803, the United States purchased from France the Louisiana Territory, more than 2 million sq km (800,000 sq mi) of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mount1ains. The price was 60 million francs, about $15 million; $11,250,000 was to be paid directly, with the balance to be covered by the assumption by the United States of French debts to America
the reason why it is importaint is beacuse thousands of people live there today. -
Oregon Trail
Oregon trail in 1830, Hall J. Kelly founded "The American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of the Oregon Territory" and in 1832 Nathaniel Wyeth, the Yankee ice king, hatched a plan to establish an American colony on the Columbia River. By 1834 Wyeth had constructed Ft. Hall in Idaho near the present city of Pocatello to make it the first permanent American outpost beyond the Continental Divide. the reason why we think this is importaint is because it was a major event in religeon history -
Civil War
Civil war In December, 1860 and January, 1861 six Southern states, led by South Carolina, seceded from the Union. On March 2, 1861 Texas joined them. The argument was over states rights. Specifically, whether the Federal Government had powers to interfere with the right to own and trade property. Slave states considered slaves as property, therefore, at issue was the right to enforce warrants and recapture runaway slaves this is importaint because if this didnt happen there would be slaves -
Statue Of Liberty Was Given To The Usa
The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the United States over one hundred years ago in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution. Over the years, the Statue of Liberty has grown to include freedom and democracy as well as this international friendship. because it simbolizes american freedom -
First Flight Wright Brothers
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Three more flights were made that day with Wilbur flies a glider in earlier tests Kitty Hawk, Oct. 10, 1902. Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. the reason why we think this is importaint is with out the wright brothers invention we wouldnt have airplaines -
World War 1
A war fought from 1914 to 1918, in which Great Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, the United States, and other allies defeated Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. the reason WW1 was important is because middle east would be gone
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The Great Depression
. It began in the U.S. soon after the New York Stock Market Crash of 1929 and lasted until about 1939. By late 1932 stock values had dropped to about 20% of their previous value, and by 1933 11,000 of the U.S.'s 25,000 banks had failed for a combination of reasons, including declining property values, bank runs by panicked customers, and defaults on loans. the reson why we think this is important is everyone had no money and not alot of jobs -
World War 2 Ends
A war fought from 1939 to 1945, in which Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, and other allies defeated Germany, Italy, and Japan. Dropping of the first atomic bomb- Hiroshima: August 6, 1945 we think this was important be cause germany wold of killed all of the jews they would take over the united states -
9/11
The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11,in combination with the attacks' side effects on that day) were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.
