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American Revolution
I feel the American Revolution is important because it is the war that gained the United States their independance. If we would have not fought this war we would still be under Britians rule. It took 8 years to successfully gain our own independance so we are no longer a "follower" to Britian. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is an important event in American history because it made us our own country. It gave us freedom we never truly had. Freedom that we still have today, that is very much appreciated every year. -
The Constitution was created
The Constitution is one of the most important documents in American history. This sets the rules for our lives.. It akeeps the government from having too much power and helps to keep power equal among everyone. -
The Lousiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is an important event in American history because it almost doubled the size of the United States at the time. It is now about one third of of the United States' land size toda in the world. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was when the British tried to invade America.They tried to take back the colonies. America decided to declare war because we did not like all of the strict trade restrictions Britian had put on our seas. This war ended up lasting 3 years. -
The end of Slavery
Slavery was a huge part of America in the early years. Slavery was eventually banned in the southern states because they were becoming rebelious. If there was still slavery was still going on today, there is no way we would have become what we are. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a horrible tragedy. This was a period of time where the unemployment rateswent as high as 25%. There were jobless people everywhere. There were signs that told men not to bother for a job there.. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack of Pearl Harbor was the begining of the World War 2. The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They attacked with 353 airplanes. Had they not attack Pearl Harbor, we might not have had World War 2 at all. -
First Man on the Moon
The first man on the moon is an important event because us landing on the moon was just the beginning to landing on other planets.That could eventually lead to discovering new life forms, or as some like to say, aliens. The discovery of aliens would be a huge step for all of history. -
September 11, 2001
September 11 is an important event because it increased National security. This is making it much less likely for anything like that to happen again. With better secutrity and increased security, more lives could be saved everyday just because of a stupid idea terrorists had.
