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Columbian Exchange
A transfer of goods, ideas, technologies, plants, and customs. Led to many new ways to get food and tobacco to the Europeans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4 -
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Wheel-Lock Musket
The first musket that could be fired by a single person. Allowed the holder walk around with the musket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheellock -
The Compound Microscope
In the Netherlands, Zacharias Janssen invented the compound microscope. Allowed for further scientific discovery. https://www.livescience.com/39649-who-invented-the-microscope.html -
Jamestown
Many people died on the ships that took settlers to Jamestown. People came for money. They starved until they started to grow tobacco. Pg. 14,15, and 17 in America the Story of US. -
Refracting Telescope
German-Dutch spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope. Allowed for further scientific discovery. https://www.thoughtco.com/17th-century-timeline-1992482 -
Universal Joint
English architect and natural philosopher Robert Hooke invents the universal joint https://www.thoughtco.com/17th-century-timeline-1992482 -
Piano
Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano. https://www.thoughtco.com/18th-century-timeline-1992474 -
French and Indian War
French were beating the British, but the British came back and won. They fought over the Ohio River Valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0qbzNHmfW0 -
Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
King George III taxed all paper products imported to the thirteen colonies. The colonists sent a letter to King George III asking for more fair laws. (Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions) -
Proclamation LIne of 1763
The colonists were forbade from settling the land west of the Ohio River Valley. (Proclamation of 1763) -
The Swivel Chair
Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair by taking apart an old Windsor chair and attaching the four legs to a central point with an iron spindle. This allowed the seat to revolve in place. -
Siege of Yorktown
George Washington laid siege to Lord Cornwallis in Yorktown and Lorn Cornwallis surrendered. The Siege of Yorktown was the last battle of the Revolutionary War (Key Battles in the American Revolution). -
The Steam Engine
Though under development in Europe for several years, the telegraph was developed independently in the United States by Samuel Morse and his assistant, Alfred Vail, in 1837. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy -
Trail of Tears
The Indians were forced out of their homes. They were sent west to Oklahoma. (America Story of Us Pg. 70-71) -
California Gold Rush
California's population grew exponentially and people came from all around the world to try and strike it rich. https://student.teachtci.com/shared/sections/8237?program_id=109 -
The Compromise of 1850
California entered the U.S. as a free state. Utah and New Mexico's policy on slavery was popular sovereignty. Also, the D.C. slave trade was banned, but the Fugitive Slave was Passed. https://student.teachtci.com/shared/sections/8216?program_id=109 -
The Battle of Gettysburg
This was the turning point of the Civil War, more than a third of Lee's men died. This was also the Battle with the most casualties throughout the Civil War: 46,286. -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S., which angered many Southerners at the time. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=40 -
Dynamite
Dynamite can be used for mining and excavating. It helped build the transcontinental railroad by blowing holes through mountains. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite -
Tank
The tank put an end to trench warfare during WW1. The British invented it. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-britain-invented-the-tank-in-the-first-world-war -
Zimmerman Telegram
It was a message from Germany to Mexico saying that if the U.S. joined the war on the Allies side then Germany would financially support Mexico.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram -
V-2 Bomb
It was the world's first long range guided missile. It gave the German more of an advantage against the Allies.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket -
Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point on the East front of WW2. Russians lost more troops than the Nazis, but they won. It also increased morale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad -
Yalta Conference
The post WWII conference among U.S., Britain, and Stalin. It determined post war borders in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference -
First Atomic Bomb Successfully Detonated
It happened in a remote desert location near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The U.S. had the biggest bomb the world had ever seen by far. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/atomic-bomb-history -
Transistor
John Bardeen invented the transistor. The transistor could work as an amplifier or as a switch. http://www.cedmagic.com/history/transistor-1947.html -
Vietnam War
Americans supported South Vietnam in a war against the North Vietnamese because the U.S. did not want communism to spread in that area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
