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Delaware
December 7th, 1787
Fun fact: The very first log cabin was built by Swedish immigrants in 1683. -
Pennsylvania
December 12th, 1787
Fun fact: The first magazine in America: the American Magazine, published in Philadelphia for 3 months in 1741 -
New Jersey
December 18th, 1787
Fun fact: The world's first drive-in movie theater, built in 1933 near Camden -
Georgia
January 2nd, 1788
Fun fact: The Girl Scouts, founded in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 -
Connecticut
January 9th, 1788
Fun fact: The first American cookbook, published in Hartford in 1796: American Cookery by Amelia Simmons -
Massachusetts
February 6th, 1788
Fun fact: The first World Series, 1903: the Boston “Americans” (became the Red Sox in 1908) vs. the Pittsburg Pirates (Pittsburgh had no “h” between 1890–1911) -
Maryland
April 28th, 1788
Fun fact: The first umbrella factory in the U.S., 1928, Baltimore -
South Carolina
May 23rd, 1788
Fun Fact: The first tea farm in the U.S., created in 1890 near Summerville -
New Hampshire
June 21st, 1788
Fun fact: The first potato planted in the United States was at Londonderry Common Field in 1719. -
Virginia
June 25th, 1788
Fun fact: Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia. -
New York
Fun fact: The first presidential inauguration: George Washington took the oath of office in New York City on April 30, 1789. -
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George Washington presidency
event: The whiskey rebellion
accomplishment: bill of rights -
North Carolina
Fun fact: Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, on Roanoake Island in 1587 -
Rhode Island
Fun fact: Rhode Island Red chickens, first bred in 1854; the start of poultry as a major American industry -
Whiskey Rebellion
At the beginning of the 1790's, the USA put taxes on whiskey and other such drinks with liquor in them. The people hated this so much that in the July of 1794, people attacked and murdered tax officials in hopes of getting money from their taxes back. The people had a militia of 13,000 and were ready to do anything to get rid of it. -
Vermont
Fun fact: The largest production of maple syrup in the U.S -
Kentucky
June 1, 1792
Fun fact: This state had a restaurant named K.F.C that originated form there. -
Horace Mann's campaign for free compulsory public education
This was when the teacher known as Horace Mann had enough of seeing those who cant pay for their education so, he started a campaign for free compulsory free public education. it very much so succeeded and is used nowadays quite frequently. -
Tennessee
Fun fact: Graceland, the estate and gravesite of Elvis Presley -
Washington's farewell address
Washington's farewell address is a letter to the people talking about his retirement and going to his home in Mount Vernon. It was originally a news paper article called "The Address of General Washington To The People of The United States on his declining of the Presidency of the United States" but was then changed to Washington's farewell address. -
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John Adams presidency
event: alien and sedition acts
accomplishment: Jefferson VP -
Sojourner Truth
This woman was a black and women's rights activists who had escaped slavery during her lifetime. She wasborin 1797 in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. She escaped with her child in 1826 and she soon became an activist. She joined with George Thompson on a lecture tour through central and western New York State. In May, she attended the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio where she delivered her famous extemporaneous speech on women's rights. the speech was great and left an impact -
Alien and Sedition acts
What this is, is when John Adams, when he was a president, put four laws into the country and was passed by the Federal controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. The laws then changed the year requirement for becoming an American citizen from 5 to 14 and anyone who wasn't an American citizen would be imprisoned or deported out, for the safety and peace of the USA -
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Thomas Jefferson presidency
event: Mabury vs Madison
accomplishment: ended the alien and sedition acts -
Mabury vs Madison
In this event, Mabury was a part of the Justice of the peace, and knew and agreed with whaat rights courts actually had. Madison was the complete opposite so a day in court was made to settle this. -
Chief Justice John Marshell
Mabury vs Madison (1803)
McCullouh vs Maryland (1819)
Cohen vs Virginia (1821)
His biggest influence was all off of what he went through. He was in the conventional army and was a part of the American revolution. -
Ohio
Fun fact: The first electric traffic lights, invented and installed in Cleveland in 1914 -
Louisiana purchase
What this was, was when the US had tried to buy 826,000 square miles from France. The average per acre was four cents! The land included 15 of some of our present day states. -
Lewis and Clark
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, departing in May 1804, from near St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast. -
William llyod Garrison
This man was an american abolitionist who had his own newspaper called the liberator, dedicated to equal rights. He was a big and important man in the topic because he was white, had his own newspaper which would spread the word around, and he was able to give speeches! The liberator lasted from 1831 to 1865 and was a huge newspaper for the 1860's because of the civil war going on at the time. The goal he was trying to make was for everyone to have equal rights. -
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James Madison presidency
event: war of 1812
accomplishment: won the war of 1812 -
Louisiana
Fun fact: The most crayfish: 98% of the world's crayfish -
War of 1812
In the war of 1812, after losing the war against the americans in the american revolution, france decided to throw their own war at the americans. obviously, we won the war, but on the downside, many people were killed and injured on both sides. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This woman is an activist who fought for women's rights during her lifetime and also opposed slavery. She was very good friends with Susan B. Anthony who's the same way in feeling about this topic. -
Indiana
Fun fact: The famous car race: the Indy 500 -
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James Monroe presidency
event: era of good feelings
accomplishment: american system -
Mississippi
Fun fact: Coca-Cola, first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg -
Illinois
fun fact: The tallest building in the U.S., Sears Tower, in Chicago -
Dartmouth College vs Woodward
This case was a landmark decision from the United States Supreme Court dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations.
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McCullouh vs Maryland
This was a courtcase that was about the US placing taxes on all banks within the state of Maryland. Then soon became after, Maryland made a courtcase out of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCulloch_v._Maryland -
Alabama
Fun fact: George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts -
Susan B. Anthony
This woman was a women's rights activist who played a vital role in the Women's suffrage movement. She was also an abolitionist who despised slaveryAbolish and wanted the best for everyone. -
Missouri Compromise
The compromise, devised by Henry Clay, was agreed to by the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress and passed as a law in 1820. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. The impact this had was significant, for many reasons. Mostly due to the fact that this began an on going battle against racism. -
Maine
Fun fact: Eastport is the most eastern city in the United States. The city is considered the first place in the United States to receive the rays of the morning sun -
Missouri
fun fact: Mark Twain and some of his characters, such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn -
Monroe Doctrine
The speech was given by Presidednt James Monroe. The message of the speech was that European powers were to no longer colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations of the Americas -
Gibbons vs Ogden
This was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.The case was argued by some of America's most admired and capable attorneys at the time. Exiled Irish patriot Thomas Addis Emmet and Thomas J. Oakley argued for Ogden, while William Wirt and Daniel Webster argued for Gibbons. -
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John Quincey Adams presidency
event: courrpt bargain
accomplishment: was a president -
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Andrew Jackson presidency
event: force act
accomplishment: spoil system -
The Trail of tears
The president was Andrew Jackson and the trail of tears is when the indians were made to move away from their land and find different land in 1830. -
Abolititionist Movement
The goal of the abolitionist movement was the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation. It began in the 1830's and ended in the 1870's. The message of the movement was that everyone should be treated equal and have the most respect they deserve. -
Nat Turner's rebellion
This rebellion was when slaves in the south, formed a rebellion and killed 55 to 65 men and women who were slaave owners. the rebellion was shut down and Nat went into hiding for two months after the rebellion ended. -
Arkansas
fun fact: The only active diamond mine in the U.S. -
Michigan
fun fact: the state stone is the petosky stone and the state mammal is a white tailed deer. -
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Martin Van Buren presidency
event: aroostook war
accomplishment: the war was settled peacefully -
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William Henry Harrison presidency
Event: Mar 9th - US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free
Accomplishment: first congressional delegate from the Northwest Territory -
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William Henry Harrison presidency
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John Tyler
event: annexes TX
accomplishment: he became a president -
Florida
fun fact: U.S. spacecraft launchings from Cape Canaveral, formerly Cape Kennedy -
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James K Polk presidency
event: Thorton Affair
accomplishment: Oregon trail -
Texas
fun fact: NASA, in Houston, headquarters for all piloted U.S. space projects -
Mexican-American war
The war started when the mexican people began to say and clain that texas was theirs. When america heard about it, they weren't pleased. So the war began. We won and we got our land back and even more land. -
Iowa
fun fact: The shortest and steepest railroad in the U.S., Dubuque: 60° incline, 296 feet -
Wisconsin
fun fact: The typewriter, invented in Milwaukee in 1867 -
Seneca Falls Convention and Resolution
This was the very first women's rights convention which took place in 1848. This took place, obviously, in Seneca Falls, New York. This gained widespread attention and this what started the conventions later to come. -
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Zachary Taylor
event: he died
accomplishment: compromaise of 1850 -
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Millard Fillmore
event: sends out matthew perry
accomplishment: passes the compromise of 1850 -
California
fun fact: “General Sherman,” a 3,500-year-old tree, and a stand of bristlecone pines 4,000 years old are the world's oldest living things -
Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman was a woman who conducted the underground railroad after she escaped slavery. She helped many black americans escape from the south using the underground railroad. Where she led them to was ot the nothern states and canada to be free. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court, and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States. Dred Scott, an enslaved African American man who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for his freedom. In a 7–2 decision written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney -
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Franklin Pierce
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James Buchanan presidency
event: SC Breaks Away
accomplishment: held the union together for a short time -
Minnesota
fun fact: The oldest rock in the world, 3.8 billion years old, found in Minnesota River valley -
Oregon
fun fact: The world's smallest park, totaling 452 inches, created in Portland on St. Patrick's Day for leprechauns and snail races -
John brown and the armed resistance
This event happned becasue of John's absolute hatred for slavery. The armed resistance happened in 1859, and was one of the main reasons or starts of The Civil War. -
Manifest Destiny
It meant that the american people should expand and grow throughout the continent. why it was important is that it gave the people hope and something to dream and hope for. -
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Abraham Lincoln presidency
event: the civil war
accomplishment: stopped slavery in the us -
Fredrick Douglas
This man was originally a slave who then escaped and becasme an activist like many people. He was good friends with Abraham lincoln which gave him some recongnizablity, and some popularity. The speech about the fourth of july was a very succesful speech and it widdened eyes to see the mistrakes we have been making for all these yaers.
