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Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government. In mid June 1776, a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence, written largely by Jefferson, in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a deal between France and the United States in the year of 1803. It nearly doubled the size of the United States. Thomas Jefferson offered to buy the Louisiana territory or declare war with France to win the Louisiana Territory back. Napoleon was having trouble funding a war with Britain, so he accepted the money. The purchase was $15 million, 3 cents per acre. -
Trail of Tears
Military leader and President Andrew Jackson started removing Indian Tribes from their land. They were moved west of the Mississippi River in order to make room for settlers. Jackson and other politicians made the removal act sound positive, but it was often very brutal. Over 20,000 Cherokees were forced to march along the Trail of Tears. Almost a quarter of them died. -
California Gold Rush
Thought 1849, people around the United States borrowed money to make the trip to California. These people are now called the 49ers. After 1850, gold dissapeared from the mines, even as miners started to arrive. -
Battle Of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. On July 1, the advancing Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac, at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. On July 3, Lee ordered an attack by fewer than 15,000 troops on the enemy’s center at Cemetery Ridge. The assault, known as “Pickett’s Charge,” managed to pierce the Union lines but eventually failed. -
Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on Pearl Harbor, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes.Overall 2,403 sailors, soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1,000 people were wounded. -
Woodstock Concert
Half a million people waited on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, for the three-day music festival to start. Woodstock was a success, but the massive concert didn’t come off without a few complications; Last-minute venue changes, bad weather and the hordes of attendees caused major headaches. Originally, about 50,000 people were expected. But by August 13, at least that number were already camped out on location and over 100,000 tickets pre-sold. -
9/11
On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four airplanes and carried out attacks against four targets. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers, a third plane hit the Pentagon, the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa. The fourth plane, United Flight 93, was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving the airport. The passengers fought the four hijackers and sadly all 44 people on board were killed in the crash. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 attacks. -
My birthday
I was born on October 17, 2005 in Lancaster Pa. I was named Leksi because if my grandma would've had a girl she would have named her Lexi. My mom liked this name but she wanted it to be unique so she spelled it L-e-k-s-i instead of the usual spelling.
