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The American revolution
when 13 colonies rejected Britain's imperail rule -
Declaration of Independance
this is the paper that gives us Independance from Britain -
Ratification of the US Constitution
this separated the power of the government into 3 branches -
Louisiana Purchase
this was when we bought lots of land from France giving us lots of new resources in the beginning of our countrie -
Lewis and Clark explored the west
It was a federally funded expedition with the main mission of surveying the Missouri and columbine river -
When the telephone was invented
The telephone allowing us to communicate between long distances fast -
American civil war
From April 12 1861 to April 9 1865 the north and south of America were fighting over laws about slavery -
Gettysburg address
A speech about how all should be equal an treated equally -
Abraham assignation
when Abraham was assassinated at the play -
The Gilded Age
when he had a exponential growth in industrial and corporate growth going from 1870 to late 1890 -
When the light bulb was perfected
Thomas Edison made a light allowing us to light up rooms in a easy way making living a lot easier -
Th whright brothers made the plane
The weight brothers made a plane allow people to traverse the sky -
WW1
When most of the world was in war and ended with German taking most of the blame -
19 amendments
Giving women the right to vote -
18th amendment
A amendment making selling and buying alcohol illegal -
Great Depression
When the Great Depression started and the economic state was in shambles -
WW2
WW2 was a war started by Germany lead by Adolf hitler to take over -
Pearl harbor
when Japan bomb pearl harbor bringing America into ww2 -
D day
when the allied forces storm the beaches of Germany -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed
when America bombed city's of Japan to make them surrender this was also the first time atomic bombs were used