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Period: 1492 to
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the transfer of goods, disease and culture through the new and the old world. The transfer of goods was almost always a good impact giving high caloric foods to the old world. The diseases were terrible for the new world, which wiped out almost over half of the native population. The transfer of culture was violent at some points because of the Europeans forcefully making them switch to christianity. -
Aug 18, 1520
Bowling is Created
The first recorded instance of bowling is in the mid-1500's. When King Henry VIII orders bowling lanes be installed in the Whitehalls. -
First Time Major Betting is Made on a Boxing Match
The Duke of Cumberland was the first person have a major bet on a boxing match. He bet 10,000 pounds on Jack Broughton to win versus Jack Slack. 10,000 pounds in 1750 is equal to 2.3 million dollars. -
The French And Indian War
The French and Indian War was the fight between the British and French colonies. It was over the land in the Ohio River Valley, the French had already claimed it but the 13 colonies wanted to expand West. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written on July 4. It was drafted by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. But it was actually written by Thomas Jefferson. -
The First Interracial Boxing Match
In 1810, Tom Cribb, a from Great Britain, goes against Tom Molineaus, from America, which is the first interracial boxing fight in the ring. Tom won the 40 round after aproxamately two hours of boxing. -
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was started in the mid-1830s, but it was at its peak from 1846-1869. The Oregon Trail was the route settlers took to travel from the East U.S to the West Coast. The trail was hope for a better life, every economic class traveled to the West because it was a risk for a better life. -
One of The Longest Boxing Matches
The fight was a bare-fist fight that was between Chris Lilly and Tom Mcoy. The fight lasted 119 rounds and took two hours and forty-three minutes of boxing. In the 119th round, McCoy dies in the ring after receiving 100 square hits and had been knocked down 89 times. -
Reconstruction Era
The Reconstruction Era was the period after the Civil War when they were trying to rebuild the South and give rights to ex-slaves. Southerners who supported the Confederacy could not vote for years until they were given amnesty from the president, and this made Republicans hold office. Also, the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments were passed through this period, this gave rights to all of the slaves, but the Southern Democrats started to create black codes. -
The First Pro Baseball Team
The first pro baseball founded was in 1869. It was the Cincinnati Red Stockings, which did not lose for almost the whole year, until another pro team was created and beat them. -
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was an engineering feat made by two companies, The Central Pacific, and the Union Pacific. The Central Pacific built through the Sierra Nevada, which was the reason a lot of people died on Oregon Trail. But The Union Pacific had to build more land because it was a very flat area, because they built across the great plains. -
The American League Is Founded
The American League is one of the two leagues in Major league baseball. In recent years, The American has had more of a "stacked league compared to the other league in the MLB, the National League. -
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The First Automobiles
The first automobile was the Model-T, which was created by Henry Ford. It let the commonwealth or the middle-class purchase vehicles for a small amount. This made it where not only the rich had automobiles but the Model-T stopped that because it let almost all wealth classes purchase cars. -
Babe Ruth Enters The Big Leagues
Babe Ruth is arguably the best baseball player to ever live. He played for twenty-two seasons, five with the Red Sox, fourteen with the Yankees, and one with the Braves. He set many records at the time but his most famous was 714 homeruns and he is still third today. -
World War I
World War One was a war between the central and allied powers. It was a very slow war because of the creation of trenches. Many technological advancements were made in this war somewhere, machine guns, chemical weapons, and tanks. The gas and the tanks were used to help clear the trenches. The war was over 4 years and many towns were in rubble. The allied won the war in 1918 and made Germany take all the blame this was a reason Hitler rose to power in the 1930's. -
Berlin Olympics
The 1936 Olympics was very controversial because it abused human rights which led to the U.S and Europe trying to boycott the Olympics but it failed. The Nazis used it as propaganda to show a strong and united Germany while hiding the persecution of Jews and Gypsies. -
World War 2
World War Two was a war between the Axis powers and the Allies. It was a very deadly war over 70 million people died. Hitler, the leader of the Axis, killed many minorities while he was in power and in control of other countries which led to half of the Jewish population being killed. Some technological advancements were the assault rifle and the high flying bombers. -
The Cold War
The Cold War was a arms race between the U.S and the Soviet Union in from the 1960s to the early 1990s. It involved the splitting of Berlin and Eastern Europe falling to Communism. President Reagan was the person who won the Cold War because he spent more than the USSR. The USSR could not keep up with U.S spending because the U.S had a better economy leading to the downfall of the Soviet Union. -
Super Bowl I
Super Bowl I was the first of many world championships for football. It was between Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers in Los Angeles. Green Bay wins and goes on to take the next Super Bowl the next year. -
The DREAM Act
The DREAM Act is the development, relief, and education for alien minors. It was imposed in late 2001. It gave alien minors a chance to stay in the U.S and be educated and supported if they were under 18 years old. -
The Red Sox Win the World Series
The Boston Red Sox won the most recent World Series last Sunday. They won while only dropping one game the to Las Angeles Dodgers. The reason the Red Sox won was that of the pitching staff for the Red Sox because the starters are phenomenal. One of the starters, Chris Sale is a lefty who had an earned run average of 2.88 throughout his carrer.
