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Cultivation of Tobacco
In 1612 John Rolfe in Jamestown Virginia, began to import west Indian seeds to use for personal pleasure. (tobacco) This made the Colony of America an exporting region. -
Currency Act
The currency act of 1751 regulated the currency in the colonies of the USA. This was to help protect merchants from Great Britain in the United States. This helped set in motion more economic growth in the Americas by creating a regulated currency and eventually helped boost the American economy leading to the revolutionary war. -
Bill of Rights
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution -
Lousiana Purchase
The Lousiana Purchase was a transaction between the U.S.A. and France that helped the U.S. acquire 828,800 of land which now consists of modern-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; Minnesota; North Dakota; most of South Dakota; northeastern New Mexico; northern Texas; the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana -
War of 1812
This boosted the manufacturing ability of the united states. -
Birth of the modern oil industry
Today's exploration and production industry was born on August 27, 1859, near Titusville when a well specifically drilled for oil found it -
Wright Brothers successfully complete first flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. -
Nineteenth Amendment ratified, giving women the right to vote
The Nineteenth Amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929 -
United States enters World War II
World War II was the largest armed conflict in human history. Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Apollo 17
The Apollo 17 mission, which took place December 7-19, 1972, was the last of the missions to the moon carried out in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the U.S. -
World Trade Centers Attack
The economic effects arising from the September 11 attacks were initial shock causing global stock markets to drop sharply.
The September 11 attacks themselves resulted in approximately $40 billion in insurance losses, making it one of the largest insured events ever. This was a Recession. -
The First iPhone
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On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs announced iPhone at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial media attention. Jobs announced that the first iPhone would be released later that year.
