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Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independece announced that the 13 american colonies, which were at war with Great Britian at the time, were no longer a part of their empire, but 13 singular states and now part of the United States of America. -
The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
It was when all 13 colonies signed and agreed to the Articles of Confederation -
Raification of the Constitution
It was when the Bill of Rights was proposed in Congress -
British Surrender at Yorktown
That day came on October 19, 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York. -
Shays Rebellion: Attacks on Springfield Arrenal
In 1787, 2,000 farmers from western Massachusetts attacked the new federal arsenal at Springfield. The government soldiers returned fire, killing three of the farmers. This was the beginning of the end of the uprising known as Shays' Rebellion, named for Daniel Shays, the man who led the insurgents. Western farmers had made economic sacrifices during the Revolution, and they were outraged when creditors demanded that they pay their debts immediately. They blamed the eastern merchants who control -
Constituitonal Convention
This event took several months and was to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. Although the Convention was intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. -
The Ratification of the Bill of Rights
In September 1789, the first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The amendments were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and that powers not delegated to the federal government would be reserved for the states and the people. -
Patent issued for the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was to help clean cotton faster. Unfortunately, the more cotton there was, the more slaves were needed to run and process the machine. -
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Lewis and Clark expedition
Lewis and Clark expeidition began in 1803, they were searching for the west. The expedition took 3 years, and when they got back, more and more people started exploring those western areas. -
The First Textile Mill
The first textile mill began in 1823. The mill was invented by The Merrimack Manufacturing Company - the mill was the first, and in Lowell Massachusettes. It had many workers and different levels, all working on a different part of the proccess. -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the whole act of removing the Cherokee indian tribe. They were forced west to what whites called "indian territory." Mainly, it was further and further west. -
Gold found in Sutter's Mill
The Gold Rush impacted California very greatly. When the first flakes of gold were found, the man tried to keep it a secret, but that did not work too easily. -
The Treaty Signing of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The war ended, and the treaty was signed which added over 500,000 square miles of terittory to the United States. -
The Battle of Fort Sutmer
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. -
The battle of Little Bighorn
The battle was of tribes, Lokota, northern cheyenne and Araphao armed together, and is now called the Battle of LIttle Bighorn, because it was fought at Little Bighorn River. -
The Years of the Great Depression
The Great Depression began when the stock market crashed and many people lost their jobs. Sale rates decreased vastly, and by 1933, about 15 million american people were unemployed, and nearly half the banks had failed. This event lasted a decade, but shot up at the start of World War II. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the ship and team that were the first americans to step foot on the moon. Neil armstrong the first, along with Buzz Aldrin. -
9/11 Major Building atttacks
Four plains were over taken by terrorists. One after the other the came and killed a vast amount of people. The first on the first of the set of twin towers. Soon after, the second hit the other tower. ANother one hit the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The last one crashed into a field, but still killing the passengers inside. -
My birthday
The day I was born, made the world's population up one more. -
First Inauguration of Barack Obama
It was the first day Barack Obama became president - he was the forty-fourth president of the United States of America