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Mayflower Compact
The "Mayflower Compact" was signed on 11 November 1620 onboard the Mayflower soon after she arived in the Provincetown Harbor. The Pilgrims had permission from English authorities to stay in Virginia, whose northern border at the time extended up to what is now New York. -
Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention
Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia ConventionTo avoid interference from Lieutenant-Governor Dunmore and his Royal Marines, the Second Virginia Convention met March 20, 1775 inland at Richmond--in what is now called St. John's Church--instead of the Capitol in Williamsburg. Delegate Patrick Henry presented resolutions to raise soldiers, and to put Virginia in a posture of defense. Henry's opponents urged caution and patience until the crown replied to Congress' latest petition for reconciliation. -
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence was when America announced that the thriteen colonies of America would be thirteen independent soverign states. -
Constitution of the United States of America
The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document a hard-won battle to win necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
<a href='' >https://www.google.com/#q=Plessy+v.+Ferguson+date</a>Homer A. Plessy v. Ferguson was argued in the Supreme Court of the United States. May 18, 1896: In a 7 to 1 decision the "separate but equal" provision of public ajustments by state governments was found to be made under the Equal Protection Clause. -
Opening of Ellis Island
Was the main gateways for imagrates for the hole nation. It was expened between 1892 and 1934. -
The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
In March 1925, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of evolution in all educational institutions throughout the state. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Speech
That was the spech that elected him to be president of the Unidated States of America. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
President Franklin Roosevelt called Pearl Harbor, "a date which will live in infamy." On that day (December 7 1941), Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The atack killed more than 2,300 Americans, and destroyed many ships. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The segragation of schools was a violation. -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine was when nine African American student joined an all white students high school in Little Rock Arkansas. They were prevented from enetering the school. -
9/11
A series of four atacks airplane atacks by bin Laden's crew. The twin towers, the pentagon, and the last one landed in Pensylvania because the passengers on the filght stoped the terorist from landing in the White House -
President Obama’s First Inaugural Address
When Obama was elected as Americas 44th's president. It set a record for most people in an event in Washington D.C. -