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French and Indian War
Who- British/French Colonies and the Native America
What- A war between North American colonies and Native Americans.
When- 1754
Where- North America
Why- Land disputes -
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Boston Massacre
Who- British soldiers and colonists
What- Shooting of several British colonists
When- 1770
Where- Boston Massachusetts
Why- Colonists were rioting and so the red coats fired on sevral of them. -
The Boston Tea Party
Who- American Colonists
What- Colonists threw British Tea off of ships
When-1773
Where- Boston
Why- The British put taxes on tea and many other things which made the colonists mad. -
Continental Congress
Who- The twelve colonies
What- To discuss freedom of the colonies
When- 1774
Where- Philadelphia
Why- To form a plan of action against Britain -
The Declaration of Independence
Who- The colonies of North America
What- The Declaration of Independence signing
When- 1776
Where- Philadelphia
Why- To declare independence from Great Britain -
The First President
Who- George Washington
What- The first president of the U.S.
When- 1789
Where- North America
Why- The U.S. needed a leader and representative -
The Louisiana Purchase
Who- The U.S.
What- The purchase of western territory
When- 1803
Where- North America
Why- The U.S. -
Abraham Licoln is born
Who- Abraham Lincoln (16th president)
What- The birth of Abe Lincoln
When- 1809
Where- Springfield, Illinois
Why- This was the birth of one of the most significant people in U.S. history -
War of 1812
Who- The United States and Great Britain
What- War between The U.S. and Britain
When- 1812
Where- The gulf coast of the U.S.
Why- Britain violated U.S. maritime rights -
White House Burns Down
Who- this affected president Washington
What- The white house which was burnt down
When- 1814
Where- Philadelphia
Why- Robert Ross defeated the Americans and wanted to blow a strike. -
National Anthem is written
Who- Francis Scott Key
What- The national anthem
When- 1814
Where- Fort M'henry
Why- Francis witnessed the destruction of a ship an d wrote it as a tribute to all of those fallen. -
The Battle of the Alamo
Who- The Texans and the Mexicans
What- A battle in the Texas Revolution
When- 1836
Where- Texas/Mexico
Why- Mexico was trying to take back texas and fought over immigration and slavery rights -
Industrial Revolution begins
Who- Several inventors
What- industrialization, factories, trains, ships
When- 1840
Where- The U.S.
Why- People invented things so other people improved them and this just caused a cycle of non-stop inventions. -
Westwern Expansion
Who- U.S.
What- Expansion of territory in the united states
When- 1846
Where- North America
Why- In order to gain more land. -
California Gold Rush
Who- James W. Marshall
What- Gold rush of california
When-1849
Where- California
Why- Sparked a lot of immigration into the U.S. -
The Civil War
Who- The Union and the Confederacy
What- A war between the northern and southern people of the U.S.
When- 1861
Where- Northern and Southern states
Why- Union wanted to outlaw slavery and the confederacy did not. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who- The Union and Abe Lincoln
What- Speech made by Abraham Lincoln
When- 1863
Where- The United States
Why- Lincoln wanted to free as many people as he possibly could and outlaw slavery -
Assassination of Abe Lincoln
Who- John Wilks Booth and Abraham Lincoln
What- Assassination of Abe LIncoln
When- 1865
Where- Peterson House
Why- John Wilks Booth was a confederate and was seeking to get vengeance on the north and continue the war -
The 13th amendment is passed
Who- U.S. government
What- amendment in the constitution
When- 1865
Where- House of representatives
Why- in order to ban slavery -
Compromise of 1877
Who-
What- U.S. presidential election
When- 1877
Where- The united states
Why- It needed to end the reconstruction era
