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Jul 3, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492. Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. This is important because this is the time where it developed the Birth of the United States. It is when it was a thing to celebrate for the Europeans but a really dark time for Native Americans who resided in these areas. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
n 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. This is important part of history because these English men are the English men to reach North America after the Europeans. Also still a dark time for the Native Americans. -
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. It is important because this war was the fight between whoever gets to extend their territory. The British though won this war, they still payed the expenses of the disaster that has happened. -
The Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. This is important because Colonist never accepted the duty of tea, and bringing the tea act just caused the colonist to more anger. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. This was an important part in history because this was the first war of the Revolutionary war. War between the 13 colonies and the British. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776. The King interfered with the colonists' right to self-government and for a fair judicial system. This is very important because this is the day the 13 colonies were no longer under the rule of the British, the day where Every single resident in the 13 colonies felt free. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
that Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. The British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown ended the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Yorktown was known to be the last battle of the Revolutionary War. Where the British came to an end to the 13 colonies. Where the general of the winning side, which was our very first president. -
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The Constitutional Convention
1787–1789. The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution. It was to fix the Governments system on the country, to fix itself from to be a stronger government. Improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. This is the period of time where it sparked things in the minds of many. To think of ways to make things easier. The beginning evolution of the middle class. -
The Alien and Sedition Act
The Alien Enemies Act, which Adams signed on July 6, gave him the power to deport any alien living in the U.S. with ties to U.S. wartime enemies. Finally, the Sedition Act, passed on July 14, gave Adams tremendous power to define treasonable activity including any false, scandalous and malicious writing. The Act helped the country to kick out those who do not reside in the Colonies, especially the enemies of the Revolutionary war. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson ordered the purchase negotiations, fearing that the French, then led by Napoleon, wanted to establish an empire in North America. This period in the History was not only intended to expand on North America but to also protect oneself from the French Leader Napoleon from creating an empire in North America. -
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The War of 1812
The immediate causes of the War of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the US as part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the British practice of impressment. It came back as the British interfering with the business of the French and the U.S. It was shown to the U.S. as if the British owns the ports, causing mass conflicts. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. This specific period separated the 2 sides on between the ban of slavery and the keep of slavery. It is when the civil war pushed itself forward. Where the Ku Klux Klan began to develop. -
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Andrew Jackson's Election
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match between incumbent President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, who won a plurality of the electoral college vote in the 1824 election. John Quincy Adams was against slavery and Andrew was not. The re-election of John Quincy Adams, was so unique with Andrew Gaining more states than Adams. -
The Invention of the Telegraph
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. The telegraph was used during the Civil war. It was the first ever device to send messages without travel and more of signal transfer. -
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The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. Pessimism abounded during the time. This Connects to the depression that we have a few years back. Every country at some point faces financial problems. But in a few years, it will be gone. -
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The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. Significance of this is because the people today do not see what the Native American's have went through. They have been removed from their homes to other lands for expansion. -
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The Mexican American War
From 1846 to 1848, the United States of America and Mexico went to war. There were several reasons why they did so, but the most important ones were the US annexation of Texas and the Americans' desire for California and other Mexican territories. This is how we gained our final states to reach the shining sea. We fought for land, but other lost the land. This is how we have states like Texas and California, and how we added more stars to the American Flag. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. This compromise was a way to ease the Ideas that the free states and the slave states had. Containing 5 laws. -
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War. This battle Started the Civil war. The war of Brother against Brother. war between the Union States and the Confederacy states. This does not mean that the North union did not have any slaves. -
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Civil War
“The War Between the States,” was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery. The fight was not really based on to end slavery upon the states. It was to bring back the states as a whole. The confederates made their own government during this time and this was the unions way to get them back to the union. -
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. Was only really a way to gain the confederate states to come back to the union. to have the states back as a whole. This Allowed the slaves to be free in the confederate states, sort of... The slaves would only account free if the union won the civil war. -
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13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. This period after the Civil War was a big turning point for slaves. They were Granted many things. Citizenship, Right to vote, and many more. When the time of where the slaves were accepted Humans. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This was the end of the Civil war. The end of the war between brothers. Though Some think it was not necessary for Robert E. Lee to surrender. Creating what now is called the Ku Klux Klan. -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., just as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. It is said that John Wilkes Booth was part of the South Confederacy. Abraham Lincoln was one of the first Democratic Presidents to make It's people feel safe. And for Booth to assassinate him was a shocking day for most. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors", in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution. Andrew was the ever first president to impeached for his actions during the 1800's. If a president were to be impeached for its actions, its the residents mistakes to vote for the president. -
Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Trust organized. John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Trust by trading stockholders' shares for trust certificates. The trust was designed to allow Rockefeller and other Standard Oil stockholders to get around state laws prohibiting one company from owning stock in another. Oil is a very important source of energy around the world. The organization was there to prevent from getting too big. -
Invention of Lighbulb
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to such a high temperature that it glows with visible light. Our first ever source of light coming from electricity itself. The time where fire is now being less used my humans as a source of light. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
homestead and pullman strikes homestead strike The dispute occurred at the Homestead Steel Works in the town of Homestead, Pennsylvania, between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carnegie Steel Company. This strike was a strike against labor and hard workers. and one of the first big loses of the union. -
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The Spanish American War
the United States declared war against Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in the Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The U.S. also supported the ongoing struggle of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines for independence against Spanish rule. It was the Aid that the United States Has given to other countries to be taken out of misery under the Spanish Rule. -
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Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President of the U.S.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Theodore Roosevelt was considered to be one of our first modern president. When all was at balance, Theodore came into action to help the United States as a whole. -
The Invention of the Airplane
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. The Wrights used this stopwatch to time the Kitty Hawk flights. The planes today are used for transportation. The invention is very important. If we did not have any planes today, transportation around the world will be very difficult. -
The Invention of the Telephone
They were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." This First ever words ever spoken through a telephone. First invention that Could be used consisting not codes, but words. From this day on, the telephone is still evolving.
