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Founding of the Jamestown Colony
Jamestown was a settlment in the colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlment in the Americas. Establishe by the Virginis Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4 1607, and cosidered permanent after brief abandonment in 1910, it was cosidered permenent. -
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The Years of the Revolutionary War
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The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The founding fathers talked, and then decided to make up a paper that sated we wanted to become our own country. This paper was called The Declaration of Independence -
The Lousiana Purchase
On this date, Thomas Jefferson purchased the Lousiana territory. When this decision was made, it doubled the size of the U.S. After Thomas Jefferson made this purchase, they then gained control of the Mississippi River. McDougal Littel/345 -
The Lewis and Clark Journey
Thomas Jefferson had hired two men. The one a young officer with the name Captain Meriwether Lewis. The other was a mapmaker known as Liuetenant William Clark. They set out on this date to explore the purchase that Thomas Jefferson had just made on The Lousiana Territory. McDougal Littel/348 -
The First Steam Boat
A man named Robert Fulton invented something on this date that changed America in so many ways. The Steam Boat. This was such an amazing invention, because it could go upstream. At this time, this was impossible for a raft. This made it such a breakthrough. The only problem was they would easily blow up from too much steam pressure. McDougal Littel/368 -
Lincoln's Election and Southern Secession
On this date, Abraham Lincoln was elected United States President. This was great for the north, but for the south, it was more of a threat. Lincoln was against slavery, and would do what he could to stop it. Thus, putting the south in risk of loosing their main source of economics. -
The Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution was a war that all started when a man named Moses Austin decided to live in Texas. This was originaly, still owned by Mexico. People then started to settle in Texas, and decided that they wanted indpendence. They started not following mexicos rules, which resulted in war.McDougal Littel/430 -
The California Gold Rush
On this date a carpenter made a very important discovery of gold. The word spread out, and soon there was migrations of people going west to get rich quick. McDougal Littel/439 -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that accused fugitives to be held without an arrest warrant. They did not go to trial, instead they would be ruled guilty or not by a federal commisioner. Southerners were for the Fugitive Slave Act, because they considered slaves property. -
The Bleeding Kansas Act
The Kansas legislature was filled with representitives for slavery. Antislavery settlers rejected the elected government.Everyone armed themselves. Then in May, a proslavery mob looted the town of Lawrence, Kansas. This attack was then called the Sack of Lawrence. John Brown lead sven men to a massacre of five of the proslavery men. This attack was known as the Potawowatomie attack. As violence spread, civil war broke out in Kansas. It continued for three years and was called Bleeding Kansas -
Abe Lincoln Assasination
Abe Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theatre watching a film with his wife. While watching the film, a fellow named John Wilkes Booth came up behind him, and shot him in the back of the head. Lincoln died from the event, and John was caught. -
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WW1
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Stockmarket Crashes
The Stock Market Crash, which is now also known as Black Tuesday, began in late October 1929. It caused a 10 year depression that efected western industrialized industries from all over. It finnaly ended in 1941, at the begining of WW2. -
Superman
Superman first appeared on this date in comics. All these years later, Superman is still world wide known. -
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World War 2
Also known as the Second World War, was a global world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the worlds nation. It was the most widespread war in history involving over 100,000 people from 30 different countries. -
Pearl Harbor
The military attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japenese Navy on the United States Navy Base, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. -
Attack on Hiroshima
This attack was conducted by the U.S, near the end of WW2. It then caused them to sign the paper stating that they surrender. -
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Years of the Korean War
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The Vietnam War
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The First Inauguration of John F Kennedy
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First appearance of Spiderman
Spiderman arrived on this date in comics, and is still world wide known. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King, along with many others gave speeches on freedom and rights. They estimated that about 250,000 people came to hear these people talk. There was also singers who were there to entertain. -
Super Bowl One
Greenbay Packers played Kansas City Chiefs in Las Angelas California, and won 35-10. -
The First Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president. -
Explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle
The Challenger Space Shuttle exploped on this date. Mr. Borremans hada snow day, and his dad broke the news to him. -
9/11
People from Afghanistan hijacked 4 plains. The most remembered were the two that hit the Twin Towers, killing thousands. Another was the plain that crashed into the Pentagon. The last one was ment to hit the White House, but passengers onboard managed to bring the plain down into a near by field. Unforteunately, it killed everyone on the plain, but at least it didn't hit the Whitehouse. -
The First Inauguration of Barack Obama
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My Birthday
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The Radification of the Constitution
This is the Supreme Law of the U.S.A. It consists of seven articles. -
The Texas Revolution
