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The Musket
The musket first came about as a variant of the matchlock arquebus, which was developed in Europe around 1475. The arquebus was used in high ratios in Hungary under King Matthias. -
Nov 6, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover the New World -
Tobacco as a Cash Crop
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tZoarDnwJGLq9QDDPnCT-pMd0R59Sciw/view Tobacco was the first major cash crop in the US. People at Jamestown traded tobacco with the Powhatan Indians. -
The Hand Mortar
The hand mortar is a firearm and early predecessor of the Grenade Launcher. It was used in the late 17th Century to throw fused grenades. -
The Piano
The Piano was invented in the early 1700's by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy. The Piano is played by strings that are struck by hammers. The word Piano is short for the word pianoforte, which was the Italian term. -
Fort Duquesne
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zfi343pGD05PcHTqSTZ6xJJSKPcS6iag/view General Braddock did not listen to ambush warnings from colonials, he thought his army was well trained if they did get ambushed. When General Braddock was marching through the woods near Fort Duquesne, he and his troop got ambushed by French and Indians. Many of his troops died, including him. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h3DhvKiAh41n9KVhHgGVhtYeZADHpDqUW1M8doughVQ/edit The Proclamation Line of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EpMWVaIHhlXjrt47M7RA3bQZS8wYao1y/view At the end of the Seven Years War, France surrendered Canada and much of the Ohio and Mississippi River Valley to England. France and Britain talked this over during the Treaty of Paris. -
The Cotton Gin
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eNgdQCpBoZBI8gQmUnXUfT1e-frMafHu5HdHDfd-YWU/edit#slide=id.p1 The Cotton Gin was made by Eli Whitney in 1793, during the Industrial Revolution. It made the production of cotton 50 times faster. He made the cotton gin in an attempt for people to stop buying slaves. Instead it did the opposite and people bought more slaves. -
The Battery
The Battery was invented by Alessandro Volta, who made the battery through experiments and found that pairs of copper and zinc made the best battery. -
The Trail of Tears
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QEy6d2nAKH70M-0UPO9rvJPS9plosRIr/view President Andrew Jackson announced a removal of Indians to go to Oklahoma -
The Ku Klux Klan is founded
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a white supremacist group that deprived freed men of their civil rights, and lynched them if they tried to fight the system. The KKK was all throughout the south and they even spread to the north. -
14th Amendment to the Constitution passes
The 14 amendment states that all people born in the United States is a U.S. citizen. It also says that you can not deprive people of their civil rights. -
The First Airplane
In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first successful flight, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville piloted the gasoline powered biplane for 12 seconds, covering 120 feet. -
NATO Treaty Ratified
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which is an alliance between the U.S. and other European countries. The Treaty was made after WW2, to strengthen International ties and to serve as a counter balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
