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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus found America
this is important because if we would have never sailded here we would not lve here just the natives would -
Revolutionary War
started as a result of the American Revolution.British wanted tax rights but the U.S.wouldnt allow it, the war started between them and joined to other countrys in it like Spian. -
Declaration of Idependence is written
it seperated us from Englad and if it wouldnt of happend we would be a monarchy country like them. -
Louisiana purchase
America bought 828000 square miles from France. If we hadnt bought that land we would have to drive through France to get to the other side of America. The Louisiana purchas econsists of most of mid America. -
Louis and Clark Expedition
Louis and Clark explored America. If they didnt explore then we wouldnt know about America what we know today. -
California Gold Rush
The Gold rush brought 300000 people to california. it effects us today becuase if James W. Marshell hadent found gold we would never had mined for it and we wouldnt have anything gold. -
South Carolina becomes state
it is important because if the had not been the first country to declare the confederasy there might have never been a Civil War and the country would have stayrd as one. -
start of Civil War
lincoln issued prelimanary proclamanation, and slave owners in the south didint like that so they wanted to fight to keep the slaves owend -
the slaves are free'd
freed all the slaves and thats what started the civil war becasue people didnt want their slaves to be free they wanted them to do their work. we wouyld still have slaves today if lincoln didnt set them free. -
lincoln assassinated
this is important becuese the Civil War just ended and with no president the U.S. went in a little bit of shock. first president ever assassineted