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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident when British Soilders were "protecting" the colonials. These soilders killed 5 civilians and injured 6 others. 8 soilders, 1 officer, and 4 civileans were arrested and were sentenced to death. -
Declaration of Independence
Th Declaration of Independence is a contract to the British saying that the Americans wanted to break away. That one peice of paper turned around the entire future for us and started the Revolutionary War. -
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California Gold Rush
The Gold Rush was started by James W. Marshall who told his friends, who told their friends and so on until around 300,000 pople were gathered in California. The gold seekers [called forty-niners] used simple techinics such as panning to collect gold from rivers and streams, and before that you could just find a gold nugget laying on the ground. -
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The American Civil War
The American Civil War was started to end slavery in the U.S. by the Union [North] against the Confederacy [South]. The Confederacy was out numbered and was defeated by the Union's Anaconda Plan -
Apollo 11
America was "racing" Russia to see who could make it to the moon the first. The Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land on the moon, carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. -
Karina T Born
Karina was born in the Las Colinas hospital at 12:00 p.m. -
Mammoth?
Under layers of rock and soil, scientists found a baby mammoth. They are trying to replicate it by taking its DNA and put it in with a pregnant elephant, so when the elephant has a baby, there is a chance that it will be a mammoth.
