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Jamestown Settlement
The British settlers shared the space with the natives who already resided there. It was the first permanent settlement in America. They settled in present day Virginia. -
Boston Tea Party
The Patriots rebelled against the British taxes. They poured the over priced tea into the harbor. The Boston harbor was brown from all the tea. -
American Revolution
The United States and Great Britain went to war. The us was tired of hows they were being treated. It was a war from Independence started in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. -
Constitutional Convention
Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of Treasury. He gained respect from George Washington at the convention. The important conference was held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. -
Missouri Compromise
The north and south have always fought about slavery and there was never a defined line about what was free ans slave land. The Missouri Compromise created that line so it would be easy to tell what was free and what was not. this took place in Missouri. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln created a document to free the slaves except the ones in the loyal states. He wrote and announced this document in Maryland. -
Pullman Strike
The Grove and Cleveland employs went on strike for better working conditions and better pay. Cleveland ended the strike. This took place in Chicago. -
Roaring 20's
The roaring twenties were all about flappers. For the era they were seen as seductive. They were the first to defy the beauty standards of the time. From short dresses to lots of makeup these beautiful women pushed the standard of beauty. Flappers were all across America. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor Hawaii striking fear of all Japanese into the hearts of Americans causing a massive retaliation. Launching us into World War 2. -
Atomic Bomb Testing
President at the time "Truman" was testing his atomic weapons followed but the USSR testing theirs. It was basically a pissing contest between the United States and the Soviets. "who's weapons of mass destruction and death does more damage". -
Civil Rights Acts of 1964
President JFK banned segregation all over the United States. -
Sandra Day O'Connor
President Ronald Reagan appoints the first ever female supreme court justice. This was a bug step fro women across the United States.
