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The Years of the Revolutionary War
The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their indepe -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
On this day in 1776, 56 members of Congress signed their names on a document, that states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776. Although the declaration is not officially divided into sections, it is commonly referred to in five distinct parts; the Introduction, the Preamble, the Indictment of King George III, the Denunciation of the British people, and the Conclusion. -
Ratification of the United States Constitution
On September 17, 1787, a most of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the documents over which they had made since May. Beginning on December 7, five states--Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut--ratified it in quick succession. However, other states, especially Massachusetts, opposed the document, as it failed to reserve undelegated powers to the states and lacked constitutional protection of basic political rights, such as freedom of speech, religion, -
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France's ruler Napolian. When The U.S. bought that land it doubled the size of the U.S. and the U.S. gained control of the Missisippi River. That also gave America farmers more land to grow crops on and live on. (McDougal Littel Page345,346) -
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriweather Lewis and William Clark where sent out to explore the newly purchased land. They had orders to be very kind to any Native American tribes they encountered. They were also told to find a water way the streched across the new territory. (McDougal/Littell. pg 344/345) -
The Texas Revolution
Texas was a pieace of land that was owned by Mexico and was opened to American settelers . But the American settilers had to play by Mexicos rules. Settelers went to Mexico for land to farm. But the Settelers wanted the land and that is how the Texas Revolution started. (Mcdougal/Littell pg 428) -
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
The slave rebellion took place in Southamptonn County, Virgina in 1831. Nat Turner and 70 other followers killed about 55 white men, women, and children. When their ammo ran out some of Nats men were captured but most were killed. Then Nat Turner was tried and hung. -
The War with Mexico
Aerica went to war with Mexico for control of Texas all the southwest states and Califonia and one-half of present day Mexico. McDougal/Littell pg.437) -
The California Gold Rush
The Califonia gold rush was when a carpenter found a gold nugget in a river and then found more. Then this affected the whole world because people from all over the world came to Calfonia to mine for gold. (McDougal/Littell pg.439/440) -
Bleeding Kansas
In 1855 the state Kansas had more proslavery than anitslavery voters in the territory. Then five thousand residents of the neighboring Missouri came to vote in Kansas illegally for proslavery. Then The antislavery voters regected and elceted goverment. -
Battle of Gettysburg Day 1
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Battle of Gettysburg Day 2
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 14,John Wilkes Booth shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his huge army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
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World War 1
World War I was a very bloody war that started in Europe from 1914 to 1919, with huge losses of life and little ground lost or won. Fought mostly by soldiers in trenches, World War I saw an estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million wounded. -
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
America’s Stock Market Crash of 1929 was a powerful market crash that started on October 29, 1929, after the Twenties economy. It happened becouse people were trying to sell their stock but nobody was buying stocks at that time. -
The First Appearance of Superman in Action Comics
June 1938 is the first issue of the comic book series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic book heroes, most popular the Jerry Siegel/Joe Shuster creation, Superman. For this reason it is widely considered both the beginning of the super-hero genre and the most valuable comic book of all time -
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The Years of World War II
World War II (WWII) was a long and bloody war that lasted for six years. Officially beginning on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, World War II lasted until both the Germans and the Japanese had surrendered to the Allies in 1945. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December,7,1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The battle lasted only 2 hours.The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight huge battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
The dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also started the Cold War. -
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The Korean War
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. As far as American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international -
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The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the struggle between nationalist forces attempting to bring the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. Engaged in a war that many viewed as having no way to win, U.S. leaders lost the American public's support for the war. Since the end of the war, the Vietnam War has become a benchmark for what not to do in all future U.S. foreign conflicts. -
The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.Kennedy was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Earl Warren. During his popular inauguration address, Kennedy, the youngest candidate ever elected to the presidency and the country's first Catholic president, declared that "the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans" and appealed to Americans to "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." -
The First Appearance of Spider-Man in Comics
Spider-Man is a fictional character, a comic book superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the comics, Spider-Man is often referred to as "Spidey", "web-slinger", "wall-crawler", or "web-head". Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). Lee and Ditko conceived the character as an orphan being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and as a teenager, having to deal with the normal struggles of -
The March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to tell more people about the political and social challenges Black Americans continued to face across the country. -
Super Bowl 1
In the 1960's the intense competition for players and fans between the National Football League (NFL) and the upstart American Football League (AFL) led to talks of a possible merger. It was decided that the winners of each league's championship would meet each year in a single game to determine the "world champion of football." But the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. -
The First Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address urges Americans to remember the achievements of the American Founders, in particular their confidence in self-government and individual freedom. -
The Explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle
On January 28, 1986, the American shuttle orbiter Challenger broke up 73 seconds after liftoff, bringing a devastating end to the spacecraft's 10th mission. The disaster claimed the lives of all seven astronauts aboard, including Christa McAuliffe, a teacher from New Hampshire who had been selected to join the mission and teach lessons from space to schoolchildren around the country. It was later determined that two rubber O-rings, which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket b -
Garrett German was born
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911 Terrorist Attack
On September,11,2001, 19 people associated with the terorist group al-Qaeda hijacked four air planes and crashed two of the air panes into the World trade center in New York city. -
The First Inauguration of Barrack Obama
On this day in history Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. -
An important event of my own life.
On this day I was playing a baseball game against SALSA. We were tied up at 5 in the bottom of the 7th. We had a runner on second with two outs and I came up to bat. It was a 2-0 count and the oitcher gave me a fastball, and i hit the game winning double that scored the runner on second. -
Battle of The Alamo
