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Jamestown
America's first boomtown, the first place tabacco was planted, as well as the first English settlement. -
Mayflower Arrives in Plymouth Mass.
Pylgrims come over from England, looking for religous freedom. -
The Salom and Witch Trials
In Salom, Mass., in 1692, many people belived that their peers among them were witches or wizards. About 30 people died from being accused of witchcraft. -
Boston Masacare
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Boston Tea Party
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Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War began in 1775 and ended in 1783, it oringinally was a war against Great Brittan, but turned into a world war against France, Netherlands, and Spain. -
Declaration of Independence Created
The Declaration of Independence was the document that basically stated that from the time of Thomas Jefferson and foward, our country would be indepent. -
Constitution was Created
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The Louisiana Purchase
France sold 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi to the United States. Thomas Jefferson, the president at that time, nearly doubled the United States in two after the Louisiana Purchase. -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
President Andrew Jackson authorized the act to negociate with the Indains living in the Southeast parts of the United States to leave their homelands and move west of the Mississippi -
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Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears is the name for the forced relocation of many of the Native American tribes living in the 1830's. The Trail of Tears followed the Indian Removal act of 1830. -
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American Civil War
The Civil War was a war that fought over slavery in the United States. Eleven southern states believed that slavery must be kept, however nothern states though otherwise, believing it was injust. -
Gettysburg Adress
The Gettysburg Adress was a speech made by President Aberham Lincoln during the civil war. Lincoln reminded our country that human rights did exsist, and we could not treat African Americans how we treated them. -
Women Recieve the Right to Vote
Women, for a long period of time, had little to none rights, it wasn't until 1920 that women got the right to vote. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression began after the fall of the stock market in about 1929, it resulted in vast amounts of unemployment. Most people barely scrapped by making it difficult to even feed their families. This lasted for about 10 years. -
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African-American Civil Rights Movement
The African-American Civil Rights Movement was a movement that fought against black segragation and racial discrimination. Great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and many more contributed in giving the African-Americans equality. -
Apollo 11
In 1969, America sent Astronaunt Neil Armstrong to the moon. For the first time ever, man had stepped on the moon, and America could say they were the first. -
9/11
Terrorists from Afaganastan plotted to bring terror and damage to our country. They struck to airplanes into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, as well as hit the Pentagon building, where our country's armed force's headquater laid. Some believe a fourth plane was also headed to the Capital Building in Washington D.C.; however, the passengers aboard that plane stopped the terrorist from doing so. Thousands died on that fateful day, and it is a major event in US history. -
First Black President Elected
Govener Barack Obama became the US's first African-American president in 2008. Considering our country's history of racism, this event is a huge part in the evolution of America.
