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Jamestown
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Mayflower
The Mayflower came to America with many of pilgrams. -
Pilgrams Suprise attack
The Pilgrams and the native Pokonoa supried attack on this other native american tribe. -
8000 More British Troops
The british send more troops over to help fight the war. -
New York is Siezed By Britian
New York is capture by the British and people thought it would be a quick war in the British favor. -
Only Two Cannon Post Remain
By this time of the war there is only two cannon post that remain "useable" -
British Surrender
The British surrendered to end the war. -
British take over Port
The British troops take over a main port for trade and block off all goods coming in as well as goin out. -
Boston Massacure
The Boston MassacureA street fight between some patriots and some British troops. Ended up being a bad situation for the patriots -
Boston Tea Party
this event happened because the rebels went on a ship and dumped out all the tea in the harbor. -
America Prepares for War
America is preparing for war by gathering supplies and soldiers. They also had a little training envovled too. -
Daniel Boon goes through Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone crosses through the cumberland gap which has not yet been passed threw. -
Boon crosses into Shawnee Territory.
Boon crosses into the shawnee indian territory and they dont like it. -
Attack on Lexington And Concord
The British are coming to Lexington and Concord to sieze all weapons. 60 americans and hundreds of British. No one knows who fired the first shot. -
Town Militia Put Through Training
After Lextiong and Concord they got more soldiers invovled and they are put threw training to prepare. -
More british Troops Come to War
Even more british troops come to fight the war. -
Decloration Singed
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British Ships Fire On New York
The british brought their navy in and were posted up in the harbor and they began to fire on New York. -
New York Under Fire
New York is now completely under fire and trying to hold the british back. -
General Burgullion Surrender
General Burgullion surrenders which is a kind if turning point in the war. -
Baren Bon Stoben
Stoben came to the U.S from russia and trained the troops to an even higher standard and they say that his methods stuck. -
British Suprise Attack
the British try to pull a suprise attack on the U.S troops. -
Battle at Yorktown, NY
The battle at Yorktown was an important battle won by the U.S troops. -
Washington Inogerated 1st President
washingtonGeorge Washington was Inogerated as the very first president of the United States of America. -
Cotton Gin
cotton ginThe cotton gin was produced by Eli Whittney and it allowed people to make more cotton at less work. -
Modern factory born
factoryBy the 1800s there were 900 factories spinning cotton alone. Cotton had expanded 56 times since the 1700s. -
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Cowboys
cowboysCowboys are on their last 20 years. They were made to run cattle from Texas to the railroad. -
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Native American Relocation Act
trail of tearsPrresident Andrew Jackson pushed to pass a traety that relocated all the native americans that were west of the Mississippi. This was also known as the trail of tears. -
Lousiana Teritory
[Loisiana purchase](http://www.gatewayno.com/history/LaPurchase.html)United states purchased the Lousiana Territory from France for $15 million. -
Lewis and Clark explore west
Lewis and ClarkPresident Jefferson sent his secretary who brought clark. they were assigned to explore farther west. -
Lewis and Clark first to Pacific Ocean
Lewis and Clark- PacificThey reach the Pacific Ocean at the Columbia River mouth. One year six months and one day after leaving St. Louis Missouri in search of the Northwest Passage. -
Paddle boat launched
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Trappers go through rockies
trappersTrappers pretty well paved the way through the west for pilgrims. -
Industrial revolution
Industrial RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution started after steam egines and after WWI. -
Eire Canal
erie canalIt's proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825. Tthe canal links Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. -
1/2 worlds cotton
CottonCotton was the largest export by far. The US sold more cotton than all other countries combined. -
Colt 45
colt 45The Colt was considered to be the fastest gun in the west. Sam Colt was the inventor. -
Alamo
alamoThe batttle lasted 13 days. From February 23 - March 6, 1836. The final battle of the Alamo in 1836 is the most celebrated military engagement in Texas history. -
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Milionare
millionareIn 1840 the word millionare was first invented. The richest guy in town owned 45'000 acres. -
Fredrick Douglas
Fredrick DouglasHe was an African American who was one of the best human-rights leaders of the 19th century. -
New Orleans
New Orleans was considered ground zero for slave trade. -
Moorse Code invented
Moorse codeThe Moorse code was a way to send messages to the army from distances. It worked by lights flashing and beats and how many times they each went. -
1'000"s of people travel 2'000 miles to new land
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Wagon Train heads west
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They eat their first human
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Marshall finds gold nuget in river
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California goes from 15'00 people to 100'000
CaliforniaThe gold rush California jump when they grow from 15,000 to 100,000. -
3/4 world's cotton
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Mens clothing
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Slave law comes to north
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Elevator
Elisha Otis actually did not invent the elevator but he did invent the brake which made skyscrapers that much better. -
Capture of Federal Arsonal
Harper's FerryJohn Brown tried to sieze Harper's Ferry but got beat by Robert E. Lee -
Brown Executed
brownJohn Brown was caught and sentenced to die following his raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry -
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South Suceeds
succeedSouth Carolina seceded from the Union. Within two months by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. -
Confederate states born
Abraham Licoln was also inogerated at the same time. -
First shot fired
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civil war at its height
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2nd battle of Bullrun
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minnie ball
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telegraph
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Robert E. Lee getting ready to attack north
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Gettysburg Address
gettysburg addressthis was known as the most import speech that President Lincoln had ever given. -
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Railroad done
railroadThe railroad was finially finished and in use. the railroad was used for alot of transportaion of steel. -
Andrew Carnagee
andrew carnagieCarnagee was the guy who founded an easier way to make steel and went big and made a steel factory in Pittsburg. -
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Washing Machince
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Barbed Wire
barbwireFarmers put up Barbed wire fences to keep the cowboys from running cattle through their fields. -
Testing
CarnagieCarnagee and his team finaly got to the point of testing the giant heater that melts the steel. It burns so hot that it good desintgrate a human in seconds. -
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Edison
The history of the incandescent light bulbThomas Edison invented the lightbulb. the most important part of the bulb is the carbonized cardboard filiment that makes it glow that can last up to forty hours. -
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Statue of liberty
statue of libertythe statue of liberty was given to the U.S from France. It was made out of concrete and steel. the base was the biggest concrete structure in the U.S. -
Steamboats
steamboatsSteamboat began in America in 1787. John Fitch made the first successful trial of a 45 foot steamboat on the Delaware River. -
Thomas Burns
thomas burnsThomas Burns created the first national crime registry using mug shot to bring New York criminals to justice. He was considered to be the best cop by taking everything to the third degree. -
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Head back east
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Triangle Building
triangle buildingfireThey decided to build this triangle shaped building at the intersection of three streets. There was a lot of commotion going on about the building by saying that it created bad winds and they were damaging houses down the road. Also they kept complaining that it was gonna fall over. -
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spindle top
spindle topTexas first oil reserve. The Hamel brothers drilled for 2 months, 1100 feet and found oil. -
Bread Basket
bread basketAmerica was considered the bread basket of the world because almost all the west was wheat. It was the first time america was able to feed itself. -
Need water
William mulhollandLA is running out of water. So now William Mulholland is in charge of finding a source of water to draw from. -
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Fire
fireThere was a fire at the Triangle Shirt Waste Factory building. The fire was completley extinguished in a half an hour. 164 people died. -
LA Aqueduct
LA AqueductThe LA Aqueduct was completed. They pulled water from the Owens River Valley. -
Assembly line
assembly lineFord had enough investors to start a mass production on the model T. the assembly line made it possible for Ford to make a car in an hour and 33 minnutes. the price fell from a $1000t o $360. -
Roscoe Sheller
Roscoe shellerRoscoe became the best car salesman around by selling Tin Lizzies. He took the people for test drives. He sold to anyone that could reach the pedals. later he owned his own company selling Fords. -
The Great Migration
The Great migrationFrom 1915 to 1970 more than 6 million african american moved from southern cities to the northeast and midwest. -
Eugine
EugineOn a michigan lake beach Eugione Williams and friends were playing on a raft and white people were throwing rocks at him and he died and started the Chicago Race Riot. -
Hoover Dam
hoover damThe Hoover Dam was built by Frank "hurry up" Crow. The dam was finished a couple years ahead of the time it was expected to be done. Said to be the largest dam ever built. -
The Radio
radioThe Radio was a big thing in the thirty because it gave people around the U.S the ability to know what was goin on. -
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Dust bowl
dust bowlThe Dust Bowl started in the west where Louise(big vegas actress) and her daughter were caught in the middle of it. it spread from Colorado to the Atlantic Ocean at a spped of 65 MPH. -
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Rematch
joe louisJoe Louis had demanded for a rematch and one within the first round. This was a significant fight because it marked the beggining of WWII. -
Jeep
jeepit was a small, four-wheel drive vehicle that was 37" high. It was produced by the American Bantam Car Co., -
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Daylight Bombing
bombingB-17 planes go for some high altitude percision bombing to take out German Rail Yard. -
Military is segregated
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Interstate
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Credit card
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1st intercontinental missel
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Cuban Missel Crisis
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MLK jr. led march on washington
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Civil rights movement passed
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Woodstock
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space shuttle
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Challanger explodes on live tv
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Terroist attack on twin towers
