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1769
1769 — Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution -
1770s
The 1770s: Declaration of Independence Colonist seeking independence for the first time -
independance day
freedom became a thing -
1780s
The 1780s: Constitution of the United States of America created a government to improve itself. -
1800s
The 1800s: Louisiana Purchase was a land deal for the united states to France. -
1810
The 1810s: Battle of New Orleans President going to war with British forces. -
1830s
The 1830s: Era of the Common Man Andrew Jackson had begun his term for the president. -
1854
1854 — Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden -
1866
1866 — The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
1872
1872 — The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
1870s
Battle of the bighorn warriors being led -
1905
1905 — The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution -
1916
1916 — US Congress created the National Park Service -
Women gaining rights 1925
women having rights 1925 -
world war 2
1939 German invading Poland -
Whiskey rebellion 1790s
The 1790s: Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest and ended in 1794.
