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The Declaration of Independence Signed
Our founding fathers signed The Declaration of Independace. This is important because this document symbolizes our independence from Great Britan and to become one nation called The United States of America. -
Louisiana Purchase
During this time we bought the land around the Mississippi River from France. This gave us compete control over the Mississippi River and it got rid of a country that might harm the new nation. -
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
This is when Lewis and Clark started their expedition westwords of the Mississippi River. The importance of this was to learn more about the west's animals, geogrophy, and the native tribes. (The Orange Book) -
The Texas Revolution
This war the war between Texas and Mexico that caused Texas to become Independant. This led to Texas becoming a state with the U.S.A. (Wikipedea) -
The Mexican American War
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The Donner Party
The Donner Party was a group of people who were moving westwords, then ended up having to be stuck in the cold, eating people. This was important because they were remembered for their hard work. -
The California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was a rush caused by a person finding a gold nugget a river near San Francisco. This shaped America becuase it helped perople to move westwords. -
The Attack on Fort Sumter
This is when the confederancy attacked Fort Sumter witch is off the coast if South Carolina. It was important because it was the start of the Civil War and without that there would still be the confederancy and slaves. -
The end of World War 2
It was when World War 2 ended and Hitlar killed himself. It was important because if World War 2 didn't end it would still be going. Or if U.S.A. didn't win the nacis would be ruling the world. -
The decidion of Brown v. Board of Education
This is when the Brown v. Board of Education case was decided in favor of Brown. This was when whites went to their own school and black went to their own schools was iliegal. -
The Death of Elvis Presley
Elvis died in his bathroom. It was important because it changed American Pop Culture. -
My Birth Date
This day I was born. I was born on 1/13/01 as you could see. And I am very gradtful for being born. -
9/11
This is when the Twin Towers were hit with an airplane. This was important to American History because after this happed we as a nation were very patriotic and patriotism was at it's 2nd highest. (1st was the Revolutionary War)
