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Significant Events in U.S. History Beginnigs to 1877
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Jamestown the first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia
Jamestown is important because it was the first English settlement which is now the United States. And because of Jamestown now every state in the U.S. has thousands of town's. -
The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia
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Mayflower Compact was signed
The signing of the mayflower compact was important because is it was one of the foundations of the US constitution. -
French and Indian War ended
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was important because caused tensions to rise enormously between the Americans and British because this was the first killing that occurred. The Americans realized that the British were not there to help them, but instead to put an end to their liberty. This was a leading cause to the Revolutionary War -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was important because it showed the American colonies had grown tired of taxation by the British. When the East Indian company was allowed to sell tea directly to America, the British insisted the tax be paid on it. This caused in the dumping of tea cargoes into Boston Harbor. -
Declaration Of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress
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George Washington became the first president
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico
Texas declaring it's independence from Mexico was important because without texas's independence we would be living in Mexico and would be Mexican's -
Civil war
The civil war was important because it set the stage for the freeing of slaves, made the nation a stronger whole, and improved many aspects of daily life i.e health care, banking systems, farming and city life. -
Fifteenth Ammendment to the Constitution is ratified giving blacks the right to vote.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated to the U.S.
The statue of liberty is important because it is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy, the Statue of Liberty also celebrates the international friendship of the United States and France. It was given to us as a gift from France. -
Wright brothers make the first controlled sustained flight in air at Kitty Hawk
The Wright brothers invention was important because without their invention we wouldn't have airplanes and the main modes of transportation would be by car, truck, boat, or train. -
U.S. enters World War 1 declaring war on Germany
The U.S entering World War 1 made a friendship between the U.S. and Britian. And if we are ever in that situation it would be helpful if Britian would help us as well. -
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem
The importance of the Star-Spangled Banner is that is United States national anthem. -
United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
The importance of the dropping of the first Atomic bomb was that it was the first ever atomic bomb dropped in a populated area. -
Korean War
The Korean War would represent the first armed conflict of the Cold War. It demonstrated for the first time the capacity of limited war and showed both the power and restraint of the Soviet and United States militaries and governments. -
Explorere I, first American satelite is launched
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Cuban Missile Crisis
1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. After the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the USSR increased its support of Fidel Castro's Cuban regime, and in the summer of 1962, Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to install ballistic missiles in Cuba. When U.S. reconnaissance flights revealed the clandestine construction of missile launching sites, President Kennedy publicly denounced (Oct. 22, 1962) the Soviet actions. He imposed a naval blockade on Cuba and declared -
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his speach "I Have a Dream"
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff killing seven crew members
