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George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States
George washington became the first presedent and led america against Great britain during the revolutionary war -
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The United States Army is established.
Since this army was established they gave us more protection -
The United States Marine Corps is established
Assisted in landing forces and assisting in ship battles -
Declaration of independense
The declaration of independense was significant because it declared everybody to be independent and all men were considered equal -
The Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation
The continental congress aproved the articles of confederation and gave more rights to states and had a weak central government -
French join the war against the British
Due to the french becoming allies with the U.S, The french helped in more wars and were gained independense. -
The Treaty of Paris 1783
This treaty ended the American revolution and great britain was destroyed -
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The delegates at the Philadelphia convention approve the Constitution
So bassically George Washington, James Madison, Edmund Randolph, George Mason. Pennsylvania - Benjamin Franklin, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, James Wilson all aproved or played a role in aproving the constitution -
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The Bill of Rights is ratified by 3/4ths of the states
The bill rights countained the first ten amendments which gave people more rights -
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Lousinana Purchase
Doubled the united states size -
Slave trade ended
Trading for slave ended which resulted in one more step toward freedom -
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War with England (1812)
It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent -
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Texas Revolution
This revolution ended or resulted in Texas getting its independense -
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Battle of the Alamo
When texians defeated mexicans this was one step closer to freedom -
Trail of Tears
The cherokee people were forced out of there land and many died during there trail to there new land -
Telegraph Invented
It helped with communication so it created the idea of communication from long distances -
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Gold Rush
This event influenced california -
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The Civil War
The civil war was a push for civil rights for people like women and black people -
Emancipation Proclamation
Played a role of ending slavery with also the 13th amendment and was passed by abraham lincoln -
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Reconstruction
Reconstruction was a phase of rebuilding making Americaa a better plac and an era of improvement in tecknology -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
civl rights made equality of all men before the law and gave rights to better human life like african americans -
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Spanish American War
Due to the U.S being able to win the war this allowed a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to keep claims on Cuba -
The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.
Acuqiring Guam the philipeans and puerto rico made the U.S become bigger in size making the U.S more dominant -
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Charles Lindbergh
First person to sucessfully drove a airplane solo influencing airplane driving sololy -
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World War I (WWI)
This war caused many destruction leading a bad effect on the U.S due to its destruction -
The Panama Canal opens for business.
Helped create a better transportation for materials and for trade -
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
This Treatie ended the war adn was a peace treaty which ended the destruction of world war 1 -
Nineteenth Amendment
Provided men and women queal voting rights -
First radio broadcast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This allowed people to here the election of the presedency -
Black Tuesday
The black Tuesday indicated the first action of the great depression where the U.S was low on money causing most people to be poor and be in poverty -
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World War II
World war 2 caused much destruction as Germany had agression over land attacking poland causing ww2 to occur -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked U.S ships causing the U.S to intervere in the war -
DDay
D day was important because the invasion of northern France in 1944 was the most significant victory of the Western Allies in the Second World War. -
1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
This was important because this made Japn officially surender -
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Baby Boom
Baby boom was a point of time were baby population were growing at a very high rate compared to earlier years -
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The Cold War began between the United States and the Soviet Union
2 rival suprepowers the u.s and the soviet union the u.s wanted to spread democracy and the soviet union wanted to spread communism -
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Human rights
Human rights gave guman rights independense equality etc -
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Korean War
North korea and south korea had a war while south korea tried to resist communism -
Brown v. Board of Education
Where segregation in schools became unconstitutional -
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Vietnam War
The U.S went to war with vietnnam to contain the idea pf containment and to stop the spread of communism -
Sputnik Satellite
Where russia released its first satellite cauing more competition with U.S -
NASA formed
America formed Nasa which built up tention with the soviet union -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
The civil rights act gave rights to everybody making equality for people like african americans and women -
Fall Of the Berlin Wall
This marked the star of the fall off of communism -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F kennedy a great presedent who pushed for peace but was unfortunitly assaninated in a car. This event has many theorys on what actually happened. -
Apollo 11
The first spaceflight that a human anded on the moon -
Watergate
This scandal ended Nixons presedency -
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Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
The buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Iraq had incaded this causing the gulf war -
September 11th
Terriost attack on the twin towers which killed many people
