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Jan 1, 1100
The crusades
THE SUMMARY:The Crusades caused Europeans to question things that had always been held true and it started a whole war. THE IMPORTANCE: of the crusades was when the christians finally say enough with the muslim conguest of europe -
Jan 1, 1340
The black death
SUMMARY:Between 1347 and 1351 the black plauge swept westward across europe killing millions of people. THE IMPORTANCE:of this is that it impacted us by killing a million people and almsot wiping out the whole country side. -
Jan 1, 1492
Voyage of Columbus
1492 christopher columbus sailed the ocean blue from italy. he thought he could sail west to east to india the money that they used for the trip was provided by the king and queen of spain. The ships they got also were named Nina,Pinta,Santa marie they did four trips THE IMPORTANCE : of christopher columbus's voyage was because christoper columbus attempted to find a quicker route to india.thats why when he arrived on a island in the caribbean thought he had found a quicker route to india. -
Jan 1, 1505
Martin luther king becomes a monk
SUMMARY:Martin luther king was caught in a storm and he was almsot hit by lightning and he was scared so he prayed to saint anna that he would become a monk if he made it out of the storm safley. THE IMPORTANCE: of martin luther king is that he find out something that changes alll the religous belives that everyone belived in -
Jan 1, 1513
Ponce De leon explores florida
The summary: ponce De leon was from spain he was the 1st conquistador to explore modern day usa and tried to search for the "fountain of youth: never found though The importance: Ponce De leon is important because he establsihed the first european community in puerto rico. -
Jan 1, 1517
The posting of the 95 theses
SUMMARY :Martin luther posted up the 95 theses which was telling that the church was lying about the the bible saying things that werent in the bible for example: the church said that if you want your sins forgiven you would have to pay the church money and told them that it was a sin to wear color. THE IMPORTANCE : of the 95 theses was to inform people that the churchwas lying to them and not actually telling them the words from the bible they were making it all up -
Jan 1, 1521
Martin luther excommunicated from the church
SUMMARY:Martin luther found out what the bible actually was saying and what the pastors were saying was not in the bible so the pastors and priest lied and martin luther posted the 95 theses and got excommunicated when he didnt apoligize to the priest. THE IMPORTANCE :of the 95 these is that if martin luther didnt post the 95 these we wouldnt have diffrent churches or religous belifes we would have one church. -
Jan 1, 1524
vasco De Gama
Vasco De Gama was the 1st european to sail from europe to india around africa. He wanted indias spices and he was the one who gave the route to india by ship. The importance of Vasco De Gama was that he opened maritime trade between Asia and Europe and they helped to create a Portugal empire. -
Jan 1, 1533
Hernando De sota explores mississippi river
Summary: Hernando De sota asked to expolre the southern parts of the us.620 men took 220 horses.Took one month to build crafts to travel over first european to see it. The importance:He was the one who lead the expedition That caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.christianty won -
Jan 1, 1540
Cornado explores The grand canyon
The summary: Corando was from spain he was the 1st european to see the grand canyon. He was south eastern from us he was looking for the 7 cities of Gold but it was never found. The importance:was that corando thought he could find the 7 cities and become rich. -
Massachusetts Bay est
The summary: The massachusetts bay was established in 1630 by a group of 1,000 purtians refugees from england under govenor john Winthrop. they exported sorn,fish,lumber,money making objects were ship building,lumber,whaling The importance:The importance of the massachussets bay was to colonize people. -
Connecticot establishment
The summary: Farming was hard and they only farmed enough for families soil was bad subistence farming and money for fish and they grew wheat and corn. the importance:That thye did everything for family and by
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Salem witch trials
The summary: The salem village -puritan community began in home of rev parris ther was this slave name tituba and she told stories to rev parris daughter and she and her friends started acting out community was scared of "witch craft" puritians afraid of the devil. The importance: the importance of this is that there is somethings that we dont get in life and we are scare The importance: the importance of the salem witch trials is that there is some things that we dont know about in this life -
French and indian war
The summary: The french and indian war went on from 1754 to 1763 for 9 years and there was the fight between france and englandd over the ohio river valley and french were nice to the indians and eglandand g.wahington to negotiate w/french and gw accidentally kills french ambassador. The importance: We had a American Victory
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French victory general braddock killed
The summary: G.Braddock led troops to attack ft.duquense and french owned -french won it and 3 water ways french renamed it ft.pitt. The importance: is that the french won -
Sugar Act
The summary:On April 5,1764 parliament passed a modified version of the sugar and molasses act (1733) which was about to expire. The importance:of the stax act was that they did taxes that we now use its just a part of the goverment and how everything i ran. -
Stamp Act
The summary: The Stamp Act was paseed by the British parliament on march 22,1765.The new tax was imposed on all american colonists and reguired them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. the actual cost of the stamp act was relatively small. The importance: The importance of the stamp act was when the citizens aka colonists took charge and said no to being charged. The importance: The importancce of the stamp act is that we use tax today it just the part of the goverment. -
The Boston Massacre
The summary:The Boston Massacre occured on march 5,1770.A squad of british soldiers cometo support a gentry who was being pressed by a heckling,snowballing,crowd,let loose a volley of shots 3 people were killed imeddiatly and thwo died later of there wounds. The importance:This led to a campaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea Act
The summary: The tea act was passed by parliament on may10,1773 would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston.The act was not intended to raise revenue in the american colonies and in fact imposed no new taxes. The importance: The importacne of the tea act was that it is how we got are govemernent in check and how we manage are taxes today it gave the idea. -
The Boston Tea party
The summary:On the night of december 16,1773 samuel Adams and the sons of liberty boarded three ships in boston harbor and threw 342 chests over board. The importance: The Boston Tea Act gave the colonist the motivation to stand up for there rights and to ultimately rishkthere lives by going to war for independence . -
Lewis & clark expedition
The summary: The lewis and clark expedition was from 1774 to 1809 they traveld across the country to the pacific ocean & back again and captain meriwether lewis was in charge thomas jeffrerson,private secreatary. The importance of the lewis and clark expedition is that they discoverd alot of land marks. -
Olive branch Petition
The summary:The Olive Petition was approved by congrees on july5,1775 .But first john dickson drafted the olive petition which was adopted by the second continental congress on july 5 and submitted to king george. On july 8,1775. it was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the british crown. king george refused to read the petiton. The importance:The olive branch petition was important because the kings rejection gave adam and his crew courage rebe -
Battle of saratoga
The summary: The Battle of saratoga was actually from september 19,1777 to october 7,1777 The word saratoga is short hand for two battles that gave the coupde grace to the 1777 british invasion from canada during the american revolution and the americans win the battle. The importance: The importance of the battle of saratoga is that it was the turning point of the revolutionary war. -
Treaty of paris
The summary:The preliminary articles of peace were sighned by adams,frankiln,Jay and henry laurens for the United States and Richard oswald for great britian on novenber 30,1782.The final treaty was sighned september 3,1783 and ratified by congress contiental arly 1784. The importance: The importance of the treaty of paris is that it was a american victory for us americans. -
Fugitive slave law
The summary:The fugitive slaves law were passed by the united states congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. The importance : is becuase it shows how bad are history back then was very sad. -
underground rail road
The summary : The underground rail road was since 1810 to 1850 The underground railroad used railroad terms in its organization people who led the slaves along The route were called conductors. The importance:IT helped many african americans become free and live a freee life so all of us no matter color can live together. -
War of 1812
The summary: War between british& u.s and british were fighting napolons in europe. and 1812-1814 on land in north america on the coast. The importance: The importance of the war of the 1812 was that They proved that the y were and independent nation. -
Oregon trail
The summary:A major route that people tooke when migrating to the western part of the u.s. and began independence ,missoriand ended in oregon city,2,000 miles a through 6 diffrent states. The importance:Because it was a route that everyone took for migrating. -
Mexican american war
The summary: The mexican american war was from 1846 to 1848 primarily over the territory of texas. and texas had been a state of the country mexico since 1821.texas joined the us as the 28th state. The importance:The united states won -
The donner party
The summary:Nearley 90 enitants left spring field and tried to take a new route and they got trapped in the snow and they starved because they ran out of food so they became cannibals and ate each other. The importance:becuase its american history and its something that intrests the human kind -
Compromise of 1850
The summary: Senator henry clay introduce a series of resolutions on january 29,1850 in a attempt to seek compromise aand avert a crisis between north and south. as part of the compromise of 1850 the fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade in washington was abolsihed. The importance: The importance of the compromise of 1850 it gave slaves freedom. -
Emancipation proclamation
The summary:president abraham liclon issued the em ancipation proclamation on january 1,1863 as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil.The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves with in the rebbelious state. The importance: The importancce of the emanciapation of proclamation is becuase every person was able to stand for what they belived. -
Assassination of lincoln
The summary: shot by john wike and shot by gun and shot a ford theater and the killer fled and broke the leg. The importance: The importance of this is that the united states was able to move on from this death and was able to make the united states better than what it was.
