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1492
Christopher Columbus Discovers The Americas
Christopher Columbus has been credited with discovering the Americas. He set sail from Spain and made it to the Americas in 1492. He sailed with three ships. The Nina, Pinta, And the Santa Maria -
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American History
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Founding of Jamestown
104 English settlers founded Jamestown, Virginia as the first European settlement in the Americas. Jamestown was named after the king of Great Britain. -
Pilgrims Land
The pilgrims landed in Plymouth Rock after a 66 day trip to the Americas. It was the real beginning of American Colonization. -
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French and Indian War
The French and the Native Americans engaged in war with the British Colonies of North America. The war occurred to establish who would have power over the North American Continent. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord started the American Revolutionary. It would lead to the United States gaining its independence from Great Britain. The Americans won the battle and the British retreated back to Boston. -
Declaration Of Independence
The British Colonies decided to secede from Great Britain. They Created the Declaration Of Independence. It stated that the United States was a sovereign nation. -
The constitution is put into law
The states sent delegates to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to work on creating a constitution. Delaware was the last state to approve the constitution and put it into law. It took 10 months and 9 states approval. -
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Jefferson Presidency
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States. He Expanded the United States when he made the Louisiana purchase by buying the territory from Napoleon for $15 million. He worked to lower government power and to reduce government spending and debt. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana territory from France for $15,000,000. The Louisiana purchase doubled the United States in size and pushed the United States control farther into the west. -
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Lewis and Clark expedition
The Lewis and Clark expedition occurred when President Jefferson ordered an expedition to map the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase to find a practical route across the continent. This event had a major role in the expansion of the country. -
Missouri Compromise /slavery story
The Missouri Compromise made slavery illegal above the 36th parallel. Missouri was allowed as a slave state even though it was above the 36th parallel so that they could balance the number of slave states and free states in congress. -
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Jackson Presidency
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States of America. Jackson was the first and only president to eliminate all of the national debt. Jackson also introduced the Indian Removal Policy. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed by president Jackson on May 28th, 1830. It allowed the government to negotiate with natives to get them to move west of the Mississippi river. Many Native Americans died in the trail of tears caused by the Indian Removal Act. -
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The California Gold Rush
The California Gold rush started after gold was found in present day California. It brought mass amounts of people to the west coast in search of gold. The gold rush led to California becoming a state. -
Dred Scott v Sanford /slavery story
The Dred Scott v Sanford case made it to the Supreme Court and they decided that slaves could not be citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal Courts. Dred Scott had sued for his freedom. -
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Lincoln Presidency /slavery story
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He was president of the country during the civil war. He was the leader of the Union army. He abolished slavery and forced the surrender of the southern states. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Attack on Fort Sumter was the beginning of the American Civil war. The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter and the United states army was forced to surrender the territory. It was the start of the deadliest war in American history. -
Emancipation Proclamation /slavery story
The Emancipation Proclamation was the executive order put into place by president Lincoln that freed all slaves in the United States of America. -
Surrender at Appomattox /slavery story
The Surrender at Appomattox was when the Confederate states surrendered to Union Forces. It reunified the United States of America. It ended the deadliest war in American history and gave the slaves freedom. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords theater. His motive was to avenge the south for the loss in the war. Booth escaped the theater and was tracked down and killed. -
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified /slavery story
The ratification of the thirteenth amendment freed all slaves in the United States of America. It formally abolished slavery. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act barred a large amount of Chinese laborers from immigrating to the country. It provided a 10 year limit on the amount of Chinese that could move to the United States. It was signed by president Chester Arthur. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was put into law to eliminate monopolies. It was made law during the Benjamin Harrison presidency. -
Plessy v Ferguson /slavery story
The court case of Plessy v Ferguson established in a 7 to 1 vote that segregation laws of separate but equal were constitutional. It allowed racial segregation to continue. -
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Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American war was fought over the territory of Cuba, The Philippines, and Guam. It was started after the USS Maine was sunk. It only lasted 4 months until the Spanish surrendered. -
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States of America. He established the FDA and National Parks. -
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Wilson Presidency
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States of America. He put signed the 18 and 19th amendments into law. Wilson tried to maintain a neutral stance for World War 1. -
Panama Canal
President T. Roosevelt completed the construction of the Panama canal. It Connected the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It established safer and faster trade routes between the two oceans. -
WWI Begins
American involvement in World War 1 started after the Germans continued to use their Submarines to sink passenger ships in the Atlantic Ocean. The Germans had also sent the Zimmerman telegraph to Mexico asking them to form an alliance with them and attack the united states. -
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World War 1
The United States got involved with World War 1 after the Germans continued to use submarines to sink passenger vessels in the Atlantic ocean and they had sent the Zimmerman telegraph to Mexico asking them to attack the United States. The USA ended up winning the war. -
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Harlem Renaissance /slavery story
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement in the African-American community that took place in Harlem, New York. It brought about lots of great music and art that is still greatly appreciated to this day. -
WWI Ends
American involvement in World War 1 ended after the Allies had successfully pushed the Germans of the western front. Germany was forced to surrender. The Germans were banned from having a standing military and forced to pay back tons of money for the damages it caused. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The eighteenth amendment started the prohibition which banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. It led to speakeasies opening up and crowding of prisons for alcohol related crimes. The 23rd amendment repealed it. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles brought an end to World War 1. Germany was forced to accept all blame for the war and pay back $31.4b billion. In todays money that would be close to about half a trillion dollars. It crippled Germany economy and set them up for World War 2. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The nineteenth amendment banned the states and federal government from denying people the right to vote based on their sex. It was a huge event in women's suffrage movement. -
Gitlow v New York
Benjamin Gitlow was charged with criminal anarchy due to a paper he wrote called "Left Wing Manifesto". He Was sentenced to 5-10 years in prison. His case ended up making it to the supreme court. The supreme court established the limitations of our first amendment right as American citizens. -
Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash of 1929 was the start of the great depression. It was the biggest financial crisis in all of American History. Unemployment shot up as many people were left without jobs or houses. -
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World War 2
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in retaliation for the united states putting sanctions on them for their involvement with the Axis powers. After Pearl Harbor the United States joined the Allied Forces in the war against the Axis Forces. -
D-Day
D-Day brought about the end of World War 2 in Europe. The Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy pushing back the Axis Forces. The start of the end of World War 2. -
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
In an attempt to end World War 2 the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. It brought the surrender of Japan. Over 100,000 civilian lives were lost. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a proxy war between communist Russia and the Democratic United States. The war was fought to prevent the spread of communism and soviet Russia influence. There is still conflict to this day between the north and south. -
Brown v Board of Education /slavery story
The Brown v Board of Education court case was a major win in the civil rights movement. It reversed the Plessy v Ferguson supreme court decision. It forced public schools to allow students no matter their race. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a proxy war between Russia and the United States. The United fought in the war to try to prevent the spread of communism and to promote democracy. We tried to limit the sphere of Soviet influence. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King /slavery story
Martin Luther King was a civil rights leader in the 1960s. He pushed for reform in how people were treated based on their race. He led many peaceful demonstrations and gave speeches that transformed how many white Americans viewed the civil rights movement. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. His legacy still lives on and his assassination further pushed along the civil rights movement. -
Moon Launch
Nasa launched the first people to the moon. They were sent on the Apollo 11. The mission lasted a total of 8 days. The United States had beat Russia in the space race.
