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Founding of Jamestown
This was the first establishment on the New land of America. This is Important because it lead to the expansion of exploring and westward expansion to discover the new lands. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
these battles were the fist battles of the American Revolutionary War. this event lead to America gaining its independence from Britain. -
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
this was the event that had many great minds of America came together to think up ideas about their independence. the impact was that they made the declaration of independence and that settled that they were not apart of the british kingdom anymore -
Constitutional Convention
this event had the states come together to revise the articles of confederation. The end result was that they wanted a new form of government and the constitution was made. -
Election of 1800
This was the election of John Adams, or Thomas Jefferson to become the president. The outcome of this event was thomas Jefferson became the President and was the first peaceful transition of power -
Louisiana Purchase
This was the buying of a large chunk of land that formally belonged to the french. this event expand the states by two times and lead to westward expansion and forming of new states and opportunity. -
Missouri Compromise
This was the event where a bill was passed to grant masouri as a state as long as slavery was everlasting. this event kept peace between the north and the south for a bit longer before the civil war. -
Nullification Crisis
during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, there was a feud between the state of South Carolina and the federal government. The result of the feud was that federal rights over power state rights, and this was the reason south carolina broke away from the union -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War. the event lead into many more battles between the north and south -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Union were losing the civil war, they had lost many battles and the battle at gettysburg was the turning point of the war. The union had won this battle and turned the tables on the confederates, which lead the union to victory. -
Appomattox Court House
This was the surrender of general Robert E Lee, And the victory for the union. this event lead the north to have total control again to recreate the union, and thus lead us into an age without slavery, and urban communities. -
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
This was the event when Abraham lincoln was watching theatre and John Milk Booth assassinated him. This event lead to a corrupt cycle of who was in charge after the civil war and who was to Reconstruct the south. it lead to slavery laws still being passed and for the south to go more unpunished than it was gonna be -
Cowboy Era
This was the time when more black and white men traveled west and started really iving there with unfenced land to do long cattle drives. this lead to more people wanting to expand on the west and for a place where black men could be free. It also lead to more industrial inventions being made for easier and better transportation -
Transcontinental Railroad
This was the event of the first ever railroad to reach both ends of the United states. this railroad lead to more economic growth for the chinese since they were primarily the ones working on it and lead to much easier ways of transportation of goods -
The Second Industrial Revolution
After the civil war the industrial revolution had spiked once more and last til 1914. the impact of this revolution were so many new item added into America and so many economical power growth, and birth of billionaires. The Industrial Revolution and the machines invented and ideas, are still used today.