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The Years of the Revolutionary War
These were the years of the American Revolutionary War. This was when the continental congress first met and declared war on the British. The war officially ended when the Declaration of Independence was signed. The American Rebels fought off the greatest world power of the time. -
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
On this date the Declaration of Independence was signed by all of the members of congress. Some of the people that signed include John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. With this document we Declared Freedom from Britain. -
Ratification of the Constitution
It took 2 years but we finally got this document that still lets our government function today with it's intricate system of checks and balance. Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, and New York all had their representatives in congress and were all of the states that were needed to sign it for it to be law. -
The Louisiana Purchase
On this date, Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana purchase. When the Louisiana purchase was made, it doubled the size of the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson originally just wanted New Orleans and Napolean offered all of the Louisiana Territory. This gave the United States control over the Mississippi river and doubled the size of the Nation. McDougal Littell. American History Begginings to 1914. 344-346 McDougal Littell. American History Begginings to 1914. Pages 345-346 -
Lewis and Clark Journey
In the Summer of 1803, Lewis and Clark went to explore the Louisiana Territory. Thomas Jefferson had told them to look for a water route accros the continent. They also were told to establish good relations with the Native Americans and to describe the plant and animal species they saw. McDougal Littell. American History Begginings to 1914. 336-337 -
Nat Turners Slave Rebellion
In this year, Nat Turner led a Slave rebellion. Him and a group of his followers killed 55 white virginians. This is recorded as the bloodiest slave rebellion in history. After Turner was caught, he was tried and hanged. McDougal Littel American History pg. 376 -
The Texas Rebelion
Sometime in this year, the war was officially thought about because of the jailing of a Texan named Austin for saying in a letter that was discovered, if his demands weren't met, then he would support breaking away from mexico. The Texans saw him as a martyr and it made them angry about his imprisonment and ready to rebel. They declared Texas a free state from Mexico and fought for Texas and won. The most famous battle was perhaps the one at the Alamo. -
The Donner Party
This was the date that the Donner Party left from Illinois on the trip west. They were delayed by a broken axle and a severely cut hand. They made through one of the most major parts of the journey. After this part, they sent men ahead to get supplies. When they reched the peak of one of the mountains, the first snow fell. It was 5 feet deep. They were stranded there for 5 months, many people died. When they ran out of food, they had to eat the human remains. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca -
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The Mexican American War
This was the war over the annexation of Texas and because Texas wanted to be a state that wasn't owned by mexico and come to the united states. Many men died and America won the territory all the way down to the Rio Grande. McDougal Littell 434-437
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The California Gold Rush
A man named James Marshall found gold in this year and caused the California Gold rush. Many people moved out to California for the gold. More merchants made their fortunes than the miners did. This was the biggest migration in the history of america. McDougal Littell. American History Begginings to 1914. pages 438-444 -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This Book was a book written about the cruelty and immorality of slavery. It was published in this year by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The southerers tended to think that the book gave a false representation to slavery. McDougal Littel American History pg. 503 & 485 -
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown wanted to provoke a slave uprising. His plan to do so was to capture the weapons at the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA. On this date, John Brown and 18 followers captured the Harpers Ferry arsenal. John Brown sent out the word but no slaves came to his aide. The U.S. Marines were sent in and they retook the arsenal. Brown and 6 others were catured and 10 men were killed. McDougal Littell American History pg. 497 -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On this date, the famous actor John Wilkes Booth, who was also a confederate sympathizer shot Abraham Lincoln in the head. He was shot when attending a play at Ford's theater. It happened 5 days after the General Robert E. Lee lost a major area in the south effectively ending the civil war. -
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The Years of World War |
It started when most of the great world powers of the time went out and decided to declare war on other countries to expand their empires and eventually most of the great world powers on the German side joined together. The enemies of these countries joined together and called themselves the allied forces and or central powers. This war took place in Europe. -
The Great Stock Market Fall of 1921
In the morning on this date, also called Black Thursday the stock market plummeted. Since so many people had invested during the bull market there was absolute chaos. Everyone that had invested heavily in the stock market were selling stocks and watching as the drop in the stock market lost them money. Four days after that the stock market fell again. -
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The Years of World War ||
This war started when Germany and Japan signed a pact that was directed at all of the communist countries. These two countries started invading communist countries. This is what really started world war 2. These countries also brought other countries into this. -
The First appearance of superman in action comics
This was the first publication of superman ever on this date and after sometime the author of this comic finally had gotten his comic to be public. Today a first edition sold for $175,000 at auction. Also another copy sold for 1.5 million dollars. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On this date Japanese bombed the military base in Hawaii to prevent our navy from helping their enemies; getting the united states into world war 2 against Germany, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. After the first two hours of the bombing, 2400 Americans had died, 188 airplanes had been destroyed and 21 ships had been destroyed. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
On this date at 2:45 a.m. a B-29 bomber was launched off of a north pacific island in the Mariana's, the huge plane manned by a 12 man crew to make sure that everything went according to the plan. A huge ten foot atomic bomb was mounted in the planes bomb bay, its nickname was little boy. The first target was Hiroshima and it was having clear weather that day and the bomb fell. Many people in the city were disfigured. 140,000 people died on that day. -
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The Years of the Korean War
President Truman went to war in Korea because he felt that it would be the cause of the spread of communism. Then the people fighting in Korea, more specifically the countries decided that the war needed to stop so it did. One part of the war is that the Russians and the Americans didn't want to have a so-called hot war over nuclear weapons. The North Koreans decided to stop also. The war never really ended anyway, there was just a cease-fire. -
The March on Washington and the I have a dream speech from Martin Luther king
The "I have a dream" speech given by Martin Luther King JR. and march on Washington were very influential to congress in passing the civil rights acts of the 1960's. There were many celebrities of the time there and they talked and sang and all that. No one wanted to go last but Dr. Martin Luther King Junior did and gave his speech and even deviated from his written speech and no one left. -
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The years of the Vietnam war
We went to the war in Vietnam to really just stop the spread of communism. The president at this time just wanted to help the anti-communist side to establish it's defences after the French withdrew. The government quickly lost their support for this war because the people in the United States thought of this war as a no win situation. This became the benchmark for what not to do in wars. -
The Inauguration of JFK
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The First Appearance of Spider-Man in comics
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created spider man together. It debuted on this date in history. They created a super hero that is a teen, is a nerd in school and he was bitten by a radioactive spider that gave him special powers like being able to climb walls. -
JFK Assassination
On this date JFK was assassinated and the nation saddens at the loss of their president. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas when he was riding his motorcycle through Dealey plaza. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The First Super Bowl Between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs
This was the first super bowl ever. 61,946 people attended or watched the first super bowl. Each member of the Green Bay Packers collected $15000 for their win, the biggest amount of winning money and ever given in sports history. The Green Bay Packers won 35-10. -
The First Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
This was the date that Ronald W. Reagan was put into office after being inaugurated for the first time. This was the inauguration of another great president. His inauguration address was rated in the top five inaugural addresses. While he was giving his address, 52 Americans held hostage in Iran were released. -
The Explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle
On the day of its tenth launch into space the challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. The explosion killed 7 crew members. The tempuratures dipped below freezing on that day and the NASA contractors worried about the integrity of the seals on the space shuttles boosters. The space shuttle launched at 11:38 am. -
My Birthday!
This was the day that my parent's lives were ruined. -
Terrorist attacks
The world trade center collapses, the pentagon is crashed into, and another plane crashes in PA. On this day terrorists hijacked 4 planes. They ran 3 into government buildings. -
The First Inauguration of Barack Obama
This was the date that Barack Obama was put into office. More than one million people attended his inauguration. -
The First Day That I Went to Middle School
This was a very important day in my life. This was the day that I started middle School, and officially got out of the elementary. I entered the in between stage of life and maturity.
