Twenty Events That Shaped America

By Drewbie

  • Establishment of the Thirteen British Colonies

    Virginia becomes an official British Colony In 1607 the settlement of Jamestown is founded by British Colonists. In 1624, Virginia becomes an official British Colony.
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    20 Events That Shaped American History

  • French and Indian war

    War between Natives and French

  • Boston Tea Party

    This was an act of defiance of the tea tax that Britain imposed on the American colonists

  • Revolutionary War

    a war of freedom from Britain and her rule

  • second meeting of congress

    voting for independence

  • Declaration of Independence

    This marks the start of our country

  • Enstablishment of the Constitution

    The central document of the government of the United States is officially signed and ratified by the United States Congress.

  • The First Meeting of the United States Congress

    The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade; rights and grievances.

  • Bill of rights

    Gave the first ten rights or freedoms for man

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Huge chunk of land that doubled the size of the U.S. Bought from France Cost 15 million dollars

  • The War of 1812

    A war lasting about two and a half years, between the United States and the British. This war resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War and helped establish the United States as a serious Naval Power in the world.

  • The Civil War

    A long and bloody war that was to stop slavery
    260,000+365,000=625,000 this is more troops lost then both WW1 and WW2 combined

  • WW1

    The main causes where Alliances, Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism and Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • Pearl Harbor

    This is the main reason we went into WW1 in the frist place
    Known as "a date that will live in infamy"

  • Great Depression

    Stock market crash billions of dollars lost

  • WW2

    The second world war fought to pervent Hitler from killing off all the Jews.

  • Vietnam war

    Long and bloody conflict thousands dead

  • Terrorists Attack the World Trade Center Towers

    Hijacked Airliners are crashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York, killing around 4000 civilians. America beings the War on Terror and eventually succeeds in killing Osama Bin Laden and removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq.

  • Iraq war

    war for iraqi freedom

  • Obama becomes 44th president of the U.S.

    Frist black president