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Declaration of Independence
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The First Steam Boat
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The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana was first ran by the French. But then they were going into war and needed a way to get money. Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy the land since the Mississippi was closed because the french closed it. And the Americans use it for trade. So America bought it for about 3 cents an acre. -
Lewis Clark Journey
After the Louisiana Purchase Thomas Jefferson and friends Lewis and Clark to explore the new land. He wanted them to come back with everything they discovered. During this journey they had some help from the Native Americans without them they would've not been to complete there journey. -
The first train
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Texas revolution
The Texas Revolution started when Texas allowed Americans to come in as settlers. But America disobeyed the commands and then broke into a war about it. During this time it was called the Alamo. Then Davy Crochet was shot during the war. -
First Telegraph
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California gold Rush
Once people moved west one man found gold then eventually the word got out. Multiple different cultures like Mexicans Irish and Chinese. And then people fought for the gold and merchants selling products came out on top. -
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California Gold Rush
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The Donner Party
The Donner party was a group of American Pioneers led by a man named George Donner. He heard that on the way there that there was a short cut that would take 100 miles off there trip so they split off into two sections and he led that group. While on that trip they realized that it was adding miles to there trip. A little while later they were stranded because a wagon axle broke. and slowly ran out of food. Then a little while later turned to cannibalism. -
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Civil War
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Battle Of Gettysburg
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Reconstruction
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Lee's Surrender at Appomattox
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Lincolns Assasination
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Completion of the Transcontinental Rail Road
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First Telephone
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automobile
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light bulb
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First ever basketball game
The first game of basketball was what is known as Springfield college. The sport was made to keep men in athletics class occupied during this. Mostly christian men who started playing. -
The first Radio
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The first Airplane
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The titanic
The Titanic was a luxury ship. Th ship sideswiped an iceberg. Out of the 2,400 passengers about 1,500 passengers died. about 60% of the First class passengers survived and about 42% of the second class and about 25% of the Third class passengers survived. When they hit the iceberg it took about three hours for the whole ship to go underwater. -
The first television
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Black tuesday
Black Tuesday was the final day of the stock market crashed. Black Tuesday was also known for kicking off the Great Depression. Black Tuesday was also known for all the panicked sellers traded nearly 16 Million shares on the New York stock exchange -
March on Washington
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vcr
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atari 26000
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apple 2
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The Attack of Pearl Harbor
A little before 8 a.m. hundreds of Japanese attacked an American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack lasted around two hours. The Japanese almost destroyed 20 navy vessels and 8 battleships and 300 airplanes. During that time more than 2,000 men died and a little over 1,000 wounded. Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war and with one voting session they were in World War II -
9-11
September 11th Four planes were stolen. Islamist's took the planes and flew them over the U.S. Two of the planes were crashed into he twin towers. The third plane crashed into the pentagon. The fourth plane was crashed into a field 80 miles from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. -
My Birthday
I was born around 2:54 pm on a Wednesday. I was 6 pounds an 9 oz. And was also 19 3/4 in
