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1252
Archery
Lower Class men were required to practice archery by law. The first Medieval Archery Law was passed in 1252 when all Englishmen between the age of 15 to 60 years old were ordered, by the Law, to equip themselves with a bow and arrows and do archery.
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1492
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of food, diseases, ideas, and crops between the people of the Old and New World. An advantage from the Columbian Exchange was that there was an increase in the global population due to the healthier diets. A disadvantage of the Columbian Exchange was that it was bad for the earth because of animals being moved to environments that they are not adapted to and plants were not farmed correctly.
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Jamestown
in 1607, three ships carrying 104 English men arrived at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, but were attacked by American Indians that same night, so they decided to settle in a place they called Jamestown. Jamestown suffered many hardships that year, but it is significant because it is the first permanent settlement in America.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hyKI3JEAn_a9gV-22W1n26xKIDiILBY1iYQVqqvTX_w/edit -
First Public Cricket Match
In 1751, the first public report of a cricket match was played in North America. During this match, the New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy carried an account of a match between London and New York City.
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The French and Indian War
In the 1750s, Britain and France both had colonies in North America and the French built forts in the Ohio River Valley, which was the land that British said was theirs. When no peace was made, war was brought upon the French and the British, but the British defeated the French in a long "Seven Years War."
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to keep peace with the Indians. By preventing the colonial population from moving inland, the British ministry hoped to avoid costly wars, protect the western fur trade, and keep western land speculation under the control of the crown
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The Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, men dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded three British tea ships in Boston Harbor. They broke open the tea chests and threw about 90,000 pounds of tea into the water.
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The Cottin Gin
The industrial revolution created a huge demand for cotton, so Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which sped up the processing of cotton. The cotton gin used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from the cotton fibers, and this allowed cotton to be processed 50 times faster than by hand.
http://web.a.ebscohost.com.kinkaid.idm.oclc.org/src_ic/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=e3b82169-04a0-4cc9-9132-b68bf3df2317%40sdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=#AN=89550875&db=t6o -
First Ever Women's Golf Tournament
In 1811, the Fishwives of Musselburgh competed in the first ever Women’s Golf Tournament. The holiday tournament took place at the Musselburgh Golf Club in Scotland and the winner of the 18-hole contest was awarded a Creel & Skull, which was a fishing basket, and the second and third-place finishers received silk handkerchiefs from Barcelona.
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Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was passed by President Andrew Jackson to clear Indians from lands east of the Mississippi River. Americans moved to this land and strengthened the southwestern frontier.
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The Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay's plan admitted California into the Union as a free state, which pleased the North. It divided the rest of the Southwest into two territories—New Mexico and Utah—and opened both to slavery, which pleased the South. It ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C., but allowed existing slaveholders there to keep their slaves, making both sides happy.
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Use of Mini Ball
The mini ball was invented in France and it brought death to a scale that was never previously seen in warfare during the Civil War. It was a lethal instrument and it was the primary reason there were unprecedented levels of slaughter in this war.
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The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act tried to get people to move in the plains area of the United States by giving away free land, and after five years the person could keep it. Although this was a great offer, many people did not want to take the rough journey to the plains area or change their job.
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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to free.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17WRVl9IegqTscnRRGcdvehOu_-fDvdFzSrzgudAJwN0/edit -
The Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan was a secret, white supremacist terrorist group that resisted Reconstruction by tormenting black Americans. They had to swear that they were "opposed to negro equality, both social and political." These groups terrorized blacks and white Republicans to keep them from voting. Their tactics included the burning of African American schools, attacks on Freedmen's Bureau officials, and even outright murder.
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach U.S. President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors." The turning point was Johnson dismissed Stanton, the secretary of war on February 21, 1868; this action enraged Congress, and he broke the constitution of the Tenure of Office Act.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vSNvGHeUpSzIasN_-BDGg7xaPiuQylaT/view -
First American Football Game
Rutgers and New Jersey (later known as Princeton) faced off in what is considered to be the first American football game ever played on Nov. 6, 1869. The game took place in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with an audience of about 100 on hand.The game's rules were far different than they are today.
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First Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
Lawn Tennis Club began its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon and twenty-one amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen's Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner was to take home a 25-guinea trophy.
https://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/09-july/first-wimbledon-tournament-begins -
First women's Singles Tennis Champion
Ellen Hansell was a female tennis player from the United States who was crowned the first women's singles champion of the U.S Open.
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Volleyball was Created
William G. Morgan, an instructor at YMCA, decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. The players were volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps "volleyball" was a perfect name for the sport.
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First Modern Olympics
The International Olympic Committee met for the first time in Paris in June 1984 and chose Greece as the site of the inaugural modern Olympiad. At the first modern Olympics, 241 male athletes (and no women) representing 14 nations competed in 43 events.
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Sinking of the Lusitania
Less than a year after World War I erupted across Europe, A German U-boat used unrestricted submarine warfare and torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. More than 1,000 perished including many Americans and the sinking of this ship played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman telegram was a telegram that was sent by Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance, and promising that Mexico would regain New Mexico, Arizona, and part of Texas. This telegram was intercepted by the United States and was one of the reasons why the United States joined the World War.
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Japanese Declaration of War on U.S and Great Britain
The Declaration of War by the empire of Japan on the United States and the British Empire after Japanese forces had executed an attack on the naval base in Pearl Harbor.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19oVSv1W_k6sna18DzHwEcNlPj-axPHYQU3_yZQx_NX0/edit -
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Berlin Airlift
The Americans and the British used aircrafts to send food, medical resources, and coal to the people in Berlin because the Soviet Union had cut off access into west Berlin.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The United States Congress approved the Gulf Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson unlimited power in fighting against the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. This was in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, where Vietnam torpedo boats attacked American destroyers.
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Authorization for Use of Military Force
The Authorization for Use of Military Force was passed by the United States Congress and it authorized the use of United States Military Force against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001. This gave the President the authority to use all necessary force against those who planned and committed the attacks on the World Trading Center.
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Michael Phelps Breaks Record
At the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps managed to win a total of 8 gold medals in the swimming category. He triumphed the previous U.S Olympian Mark Spitz’ record of 7 gold medal in any single Olympic games.
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Astros World Series
When all-star second baseman,Jose Altuve, fielded a grounder off the bat of Corey Seager and threw to teammate Yuli Gurriel at first base in the ninth inning, the Astros had a franchise-defining victory by beating the Dodgers, 5-1, in Game 7 of the World Series. Thid victory was on a Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium and was the Astro's first world series victory.
https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-beat-dodgers-to-win-first-world-series/c-260380704 -
Simon Biles Makes History
The four-time Rio Olympic gold medalist became the first woman to win all five golds at the national gymnastics championships since Dominique Dawes in 1994. Biles won the all-around by 6.55 points over the 2017 World all-around champion Morgan Hurd, the largest margin since the perfect-10 system was thrown out in 2006.
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/08/19/simone-biles-wins-gymnastics-national-championships/
