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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Part was a raid in which American colonists dumped tons of tea into the water. The reason they did this was because they were protesting a British tax on tea. This caused more tension between the British and Americans. This event is important because it led to the Revolutionary War in which America won it's independence from Britain. -
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War was an 18th century war of Great abrirían and it’s 13 colonies. This war declared independence as the United Sates of America. After French assistance helped the Continental Army forcé the British surrendered in 1781. Americans had won their independence, though the fight wouldn’t end until 1783. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. The final separation was on July 2 but July 4 is the day which the Declaration of Independence was adopted. The U.S. has always celebrated on July 4 as the great celebration fourth of July or independence day. -
Constitution of the United States
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws. It also guaranteed certain basic rights for the citizens. The Constitution places governments power in the hands of the people. It also limits the power of the government so they don't take advantage of it. -
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the Constitution makeup the Bill of Rights. James Madison wrote the amendments which list prohibitions on governmental powers. The idea of the Bill of Rights was to ensure certain rights and freedom for the citizens. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to address fears of by Anti-Federalists during the ratification. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a deal between the U.S. and France. It's important to the United States because it helped us expand across the country. This purchase of land cost about $15 million and doubled the size of the U.S. The purchase of this big land resulted in America's fifteen states. -
Civil War
The Civil War in the U.S. started in 1861 after tension between northern and southern states rights and westward expansion. There were many reasons why the civil war started. About 700,000 soldiers were killed and wounded. At the end the Northern states won the battle. -
Cold War
The Cold War was the most important political issue of the early postwar period. It lasted about 45 years. The war was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. Billions of dollars and lives were lost in the fight. -
The Oxnard Strike
The Oxnard Strike of 1903 represented a historical moment in the American labor movement. It was a historical moment because it was the first time in American history that members of different racial heritages allied together to form a cohesive labor union. About 500 Japanese and 200 Mexican workers who had formed the JMLA opposed the WACC on three main issues. They opposed for unreasonable wages, subcontracting system and be able to buy goods at a reasonable price. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the British Lusitania ship. It killed 1,128 people including 128 Americans. The disaster brought strained relations between Germany and the neutral United States. It later then led to the U.S. entering World War 1. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans. Many blacks headed north where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers. African Americans started to build a new place for themselves in public life. Many of them weren't able to escape racism by migrating to the North. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world. It began in 1929 ended in 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent wall street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped. -
World War 2
World War 2 started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany. WW2 was the largest and most destructive conflict in history. The 50,000,000 deaths in ww2 make it the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, over 350 Japanese aircraft attacked the US naval base in Pearl Harbor. It destroyed and damaged the US Pacific fleet and caused thousands of casualties. The attack motivated Americans to pull together in unity. This unexpected attack was an act of war before war was declared. -
D-Day
D-day was the beginning of the end for not only the Germans but Hitler most of all. D-Day forced the Germans to fight a two front war again just as they had in ww1. Yet again the Germans couldn't handle war on both sides of them. The German Army suffered a catastrophe greater than that of Stalingrad. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In August of 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These bombs were meant to cause Japan to surrender to the allied forces and to bring to an end ww2. These bombs resulted in the deaths of over 200,000 people. It burnt over 70 percent of all buildings and along with it increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the major events in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. African Americans protested against the bus system of black having to sit in the back of the buses. In 1956, the US Supreme Court declared that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional which brought the boycott to an end. The Montgomery Bus Boycott signaled that a peaceful protest could result in the changing of laws. -
Assassination of President Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. Kennedy was shot in the head while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. His wife Jacqueline Kennedy was beside him when it happened. The shock waves of the presidents assassination, the fourth in the US history. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The assassination of Martine Luther King Jr. continues to reverberate throughout the nation in large ways and small ways years later. King was a baptist minister and founder of the SCLC. He also led to the civil rights movement since the mid 1950’s. His assassination led to many black Americans getting angry. -
September 11 Attacks
The September attacks was the deadliest terrorist attacks on America in U.S. history. about 2,996 people were killed and more than 6,000 others injured. A total of 4 commercial aircraft were hijacked by terrorists and 2 of those were crashed into the Twin Towers. Both towers collapsed covering the surrounding of buildings and streets below while hundred jumped from the towers to their deaths in attempt to escape.
