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Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic. Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World while the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World.
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped slaves from the South. The exact dates of its existence are not known, but it operated from the late 18th century to the Civil War.
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French/ Indian Seven Years War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a large war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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Proclamation of 1763
In 1763, the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation, intended to keep the Indians satisfied by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. A want from the colonists for good farmland caused many to ignore and dislike the proclamation.
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a British soldier. It soon escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.
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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” so they dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. The event was the first major act of "revolting" against British rule. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and they would fight for their independence.
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Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 brought into the United States from France doubled the size of the young republic. The Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north.
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Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears."
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Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln defeated John C. Breckinridge in the Election of 1860. This is major because Lincoln was the president who helped abolish slavery.
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Antiteam
The bloodiest day in America history. 23,000 soldiers were killed or wounded. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
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Reconstruction Era
The Union victory in the Civil War gave around 4 million slaves their freedom, but the process of rebuilding the South during the Reconstruction period was a big challenge. During Radical Reconstruction, blacks gained a voice in government, winning elections.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
This act suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared the Chinese as ineligible for naturalization. The act was renewed in 1892 for another ten years, and in 1902 Chinese immigration was made permanently illegal. The legislation proved very effective, and the Chinese population in the United States sharply declined.
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Axel Jump was Invented
Grafström was the first to land an axel jump in 1882. He was the first to land a controlled axel jump but Axel Paulsen performed it first in hockey skates.
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Double Salchow
A double salchow is the same as the axel jump, but with a different entry. In the axel, you swing your leg up and rotate, but in a double sal you do a free turn and jump off of your inside edge. Ulrich Salchow invented the jump in 1909.
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World War I
World War I began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). When the war ended, more than 16 million people were dead.
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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty was written by mostly Allied Powers ending World War I. Wilson made the fourteen points and some of his points were taken and put in the treaty but most of the Treaty was harsher than what Wilson had put. They showed no mercy for Germany and they wanted them to suffer.
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Camel Spin
The camel spin is a figure skating spin where you spin on one foot while your other foot is out in a spiral position. It was invented by an Australian skater named Campbell and the spin was named after him. Campbell and camel spin!!
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Scratch Spin
Karl Schäfer was an Austrian figure skater who came up with the blur spin, also known as a scratch spin. The scratch spin is where you stand on your dominant leg while your other leg wraps around the dominant leg. While spinning, your leg starts from the top of your leg and moves its way down the leg. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Schafer#ref745496 and my brain -
Cold War
During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies, but in the Cold War, that was not the case. The United States new policy was containment of communism. Truman, the United States president at the time, promised to give financial aid to any country that wanted to resist communism from the Soviet Union.
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Houston's First Game
The Houston Colt play their first Major Leauge Game against the Chicago Cubs. The Houston Colts' beat them 11-2.
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The Houston Colt's become the Houston Astros
The Houston Colt .45s become the Houston Astros. They are also introduced to indoor baseball.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long war that involved whether North Vietnam or South Vietnam should be communist or democratic. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians.
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Franchise Records
The Astros established franchise records in several offensive categories, including batting average (.267), home runs (138) and doubles (288). Seven Houston players totaled double figures in homers for the first time in club history.
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9/11
On September 11, 2001, an American airline crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second plane hit the south tower which caused a massive explosion and debris surrounding everything. The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and the leader of the group was Osama bin Laden. -
Astros Win the World Series
Jose Altuve fielded a ground ball from Corey Seager and threw it to the first baseman Yuli Gurriel to get the last out of the game. The Astros beat the Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7 of the World Series in LA.
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Jose Altuve wins MVP
Altuve becomes the second MVP on the Astros. "It's an honor to be MVP, but I really have to say the fans back in Houston and my teammates made me an MVP this season," Altuve said from Miami, where he awaited the results with his family.
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Astros don't move on to the World Series
The Astros play the Red Sox to move on to the World Series. They were in the ALCS, game 5 when the Red Sox beat the Astros 4-1.
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Justin Verlander has a baby!
Genevieve Upton Verlander is Justin Verlander the pitcher for the Astros', first baby and it's a girl! Justin and his wife Kate Upton have Genevieve Upton Verlander on November 7, 2018. -
Welcome Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton gets traded from the Toronto Blue Jays. He is now a part of the Houston Astros. He was traded for Aledmys Diaz.
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Astros's Bridesmaids!
Carlos Correa's fiancee Daniella Rodriquez has chosen two Astros' wives to be her bridesmaids. Noel Gonzalez, wife to Marwin Gonzalez and Kara McCullers, wife to Lance McCullers are the two wives she chose. https://abc13.com/entertainment/soon-to-be-mrs-correa-picks-two-astros-wives-as-bridesmaids/4836743/
