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Thomas Jefferson.
Live, Liberty, Persuit of Happiness.
Independence from Great Britian. -
-13 colonies; Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Conneticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
- july 04, 1776 independence -
- May 25- September 17.
- Wanted to decide how America was going to be governed.
- Benjamin Franklin, 81.
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April 30, 1803 bought from France.
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Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War.
The North (Union) vs, The South (Confederate)
Slavery, States Rights, Missouri Compromise -
- The emancipation proclamination declared that all slaves in the confederate states were to be set free.
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Lasted until late 1930's
Herbert Hoover was the president during the great depression. -
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MLK Jr.
Rosa Parks
Makolm x
Equality for all races; end racism; end racial discrimnation -
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- On september 11, 2001 there was a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City that killed over 3,000 people.