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The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The American congress aked Thomas Jeferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adoms and Robert Livingston to write the Declaration of Independence. Becuase they needed a document why the collonies had to seperate fom Great Britten. They wrote that the people have writes that can not be taken away from them. -
The Years of the Revolutionary War
The conflict started from growing tensions between residents of British North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial people in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked. and the next year there was a full scale war. -
Ratification of the United States Constitution
The consstitutional convention in philidelphia met beetween may and june of 1787 to adress the problems of the weak centeral goverment that existed under the articles of confederation. the constitution that emerged from the convention established a federal goverment with more specific powers.under the reformed federal powers. Under the reformed federal system, many of the responsibilities for foreign affairs fell under the authority of an executive branch, although important power -
Mexican American War
the Mexican American war began when USA offered to buy texas california and new mexico for 30millioon dollers but -
Uncletomscabin
Uncle toms cabin was a noble introduced in 1852 the book was very populer in the north but in the south the white southeners did not like the book and they thoughte it represesnted a false pictured of how the culture in the south was and how the deal with salves. this book was mostly aboute slave stories and how there lives wher the primery souce was aboute Eliza trying to escape with her child becuase they where going to sell them. -
bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas- March 1855 In March of 1855, antislavery settlers rejected the government because Kansas had only proslavery representatives. Because of this, the antislavery settlers in Kansas rejected the government of Kansas and both sides became angry. A proslavery mob plundered the town of Lawrence. After this, Jim Brown led seven other antislavery men to massacre five of Jim Brown's proslavery neighbors. This was important because these two events led to a civil war in Kansas. (McDougal) -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth an actor and Confederat fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Mark the years of World War I
In June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was killed by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia threats and mobilization orders followed the incident leading by August to the outbreak of World War I which pitted Germany Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States.The the war finaly ended in 4 years later on november 11 1918. -
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
After world war one it was a new era for the United States. It was a time of inthusiasim confidence and optimism. A time when inventions like the airplane and the radio made everything seem possible. and this encoureged men to try new things. it was a time when prohibition renewed confidence and productivity of comman men. it is in such time of optimism that people take there money out of the banks and invest it. In the 1920 that people invested in the stoch market. -
The First Appearance of Superman in Action Comics
In January 1933, Jerry Siegel wrote a story titled "The Reign of the Super-Man." him and Joe Shuster then created a comic book entitled The Superman later in 1933. continuing on his previous ideas, he thoughte a child on a far-off planet named Krypton. Krypton was doomed to soon explode, and so his dad, was scientist, and he built a spaceship and sent his son inside. The spaceship escaped Krypton just in time as the planet was destroyed. The spaceship landed on earth, landing some farm -
The Years of World War II
World War II 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. -
Japan attack on pearl harbor
At 8 in the morning of december 7 1941 hundreds of Japanes war jets attacked the American naval base of pearl harber. The attack only lasted 2 hours but the result was devestating It killed over 2000 US soldiers and wounded over 1000. The next day presidet Roosvelt asked the congress if he could declare war on Japan. And 3 days later Japans allies declared war on America. -
The dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
on Augest 6th 1945 during world war II an American B29 Bomber dropped the first deployed atomic bomb over hiroshima in Japan. the explosion wiped ou 90% of the city and imidiatly killed 80 thouasand of people and later killed tens of thousand more of radiation exposure. 3 days later another B29 droped anothe atomic bomb on nagasaki killing an estimated orf 40000 people.Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced his country's unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15. -
The Years of the Korean War
On June 25 1950, the Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean 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. in July American troops had entered the war on South Koreas side. American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism. -
The Years of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States 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. -
The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
On January 20, 1961 in United States Capitol, John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States. The ceremony began with a religious invocation and prayers, and then African-American opera singer Marian Anderson sang "The Star-Spangled Banner," and Robert Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright. Kennedy was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Earl Warren. During his famous inauguration address, Kennedy the youngest candidate to be elected president. -
The March on Washington
On this day more than 200000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C demanding iquality and jobs. organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups. the event was designed to draw attention to social and political problems African Americans kept facing accross the country. This event became a key moment in the growing problem of civil rightesin the United States. In Martin Luthers I have a dream speach a spirital call for equality. -
The First Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs
in 1967 at the Los Angeles Coliseum the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first world championship game of American football.
In the mid-1960 the competition for players and fans between the National Football League NFL and the American Football League AFL led to talks of a possible merger. they decided that the winners of each league's championship have a game between each other to determine the world champion of football. -
The First Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
In his first speech as president, he spoke aboute a long term vision with a plan for emidiat action. He wanted to explain convictions that explained his pollitical thinking ideas he had before he had in goldwater in 1964 and that would guid his presidency. He said that his top priority was restoing the economy. and when he became president the rate of inflaction exeeded 20%. -
The Explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle
the challenger was one of nas's greatest achievment the second shuttle to reach space in 1983 it succesfully completed nine milistone missions. but it was also nas's darkest tragedy on january 28 1986 i exploded 72 seconds after take off it exploded with all seven crewmembers inside. this changed the space program forever. -
The First Appearance of Spider-Man in Comics
the amazing spiderman was a comic published in marvel comics in 1995. but it had stoped bieng published for a period of time until it came back in 1999. and it was to be for volume 1 readers and the main charecter was developed by stan lee. -
I was born
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SEPTEMBER 11 2001
On september 11 2001 19 islamic terrorist took over 4 planes. performed suicide attacks to targets in the united states. 2 of the planes hit the towers of the world traid center in new york city 1 hit the petegon righte outside washington D.C and the 4th crashed in a field in Pennselvania. this attack killed over 3000 peopleand 400 police officers and firefighters -
important event of my life
On this day I stared preschool i was four or five years of age on my first day of school. I walked in and i was very scared i did not know anybody and as soon as my mom left I started to cry and i ran towards the door. but the teachquikly closed the door and the door jamed my fingers. and i kept crying the rest of the day. but a person named Ethan Horning calmed me down and we became friends and he helped me pat the first day of schoool. -
Fugative slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act- 1850 In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. This law stated that if a slave ran away from his/her owner, the owner could find them and take them back without the need of an arrest warrant. If a runaway slave was found, they could be taken back into custody by his/her owner. This was important because more people were drawn to the abolitionists and their cause. (McDougal Littell, 485) **REMEMBER: Make sure you put a picture in it.
