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Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock 1500's
Dring the reign of King James I, about 100 English men and women sailed twards the New World aboard the Mayflower. The ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts two months later,. In late December they anchored at Plymouth Rock, where they formed the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a period when rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Before the Industrial Revolution manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic machines. -
Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War represented growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 American colonies and the colonial government. Skirmishes between British and colonial troops in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the conflict, causing the rebels to start a full-scale war for their independence. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration Of Independence is the American colonies way of trying to become a free people. The final text of the document was approved by Congress on July 4, 1776. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776. -
Louisiana Purchase
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, which doubled the size of the young republic. Part of 15 states were eventually created from the land deal, which is considered one of the most important chievements of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency. -
The First Dinosaur fossil was Discovered
The first dinosaur to be described scientifically was Megalosaurus in 1824, by a man named William Buckland(1784-1856), who was a British fossil hunter and clergyman who discovered some Megalosaurus fossils in 1819 and named the reptile in 1824. -
Civil War
The American Civil War resulted from questions not fully resolved when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1789. With the defeat of the Southern Confederacy and the passing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution, the Civil War abolished slavery in America and idefied the United States as an indivisible nation. -
World War I
World War I is known for being the first time a major war was fought not only on land and on sea but also below the sea and in the skies. The two sides were known as the Allies; France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and later the United States and the Central Powers; Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Turkey. Japan, seeing a chance to seize German colonies, joined the Allies, who were the victors in the war. -
The 19th Amendment passed the Senate
The 19th Amendment was ratified on August, 18, 1920. It forbids voting rights discrimination anywhere in the United States based on a person's sex. The amendment's adoption was the result of a nearly century-long campaign trying to allow women to have the ability to vote. -
Great Depression
In the United States, the Great Depression began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half of the country’s banks had failed. The economy would not turn around until after World War II. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. The democracies were led by the United States and Eastern Europe was led by the Soviet Union. These two countries became known as the superpowers. Although the two superpowers never officially declared war on each other, they fought indirectly in 'cold' wars including the arms race, and the space race. -
Micheal Jackson's Death
The "King Of Pop," Micheal Jackson's fans were devistated to find out that he had suffered cardiac arrest and passed away, although, at the time of the incident, the police stressed that there was no evidence of criminal actions. This was proven wrong when later it was announced that Jackson’s personal doctor injected him with Demerol (a strong narcotic painkiller) about half an hour before his death. This is what presumably caused the death of the famous pop singer who will never be forgotten. -
September 11, 2001
Al Qaeda terrorists aboard three hijacked passenger planes carried out suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing everyone on board the planes and nearly 3,000 people on the ground. A fourth plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field, killing all on board, after passengers and crew attempted to wrest control from the hijackers.
