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The Boston Tea Party
This event at boston harbor was when people where dumping all the tea off the boats to show that they hated the taxes on the tea. It seemed to work because later they took off the taxes on the tea. -
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The years of the Revolutionary War
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The signing of the Declaration of independance
The Declaration of Independence was signed by 14 colonies to declair thier independance. It was made in its final form on July 4, 1776.The main goal of the Declaration of Independance was to present the independence of the colonies to the world and to list the reasons why the revolution was real. -
ratification of the united states constitution
On this date the constitution was signed by all 13 colonies. This is an important event because it set lots of rules for the government and the people of the world. Without this document who knows what the world would be, we could even have been a government with no rules! -
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France. This land would provide more jobs and land for Americans in the West.. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the sise of the U.S and gave the country total controll over the Mississippi River. Overall, this event made americans went to move west for the land and economics.(Mcdougal Littell, 345-346) -
The Lewis and Clark Journey
In 1802 Thomas Jefferison sent two people to explore the Louisiana Territory there names where Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant Willium Clark. Their jobs where to make friends with the native american tribes and to explore the land and recorces located in the west.(Mcdougal Littell, 346-348) -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On this sad day of febuary 9, 1809 Abraham Lincoln was assainated. His killer was originaly about to kiddnap him but he had little time so he just had to kill abraham. The next day he was killed with a bullet to the head -
The Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution was when Texas wanted to break away from Mexico but they later refused. Texas did not like their decision and went to war with Mexico. Texas later won the war and became an independent state of america. (Mcdougal Littell, 429-431) -
The California Gold Rush
On January24, 1848 a carenter named James Marshall found big gold nugget in a nearby american river. People started to flood into california to find gold and strike it rich. The population soon went from only 2,000 to over 20,000. The sheer number of people and gold made this event one of the biggest of its kind. (Mcdougal Littell, 439) -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act was a pair of federal laws that allowed for runaway slaves to be captured and returned to their original owner. There was then another slave act passed in 1850. This time it they added further provisions regarding harsh punishments when runaways are captured. McDougall Littel (pg.480) -
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
Uncle Tom's Cabin a book about a group of slave was created on the date of March 20, 1852. It inspired and showed many people the true fear and bad conditions slaves where living in and caused many people to change their opinion about slavery. http://www.history.com/ -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a period of voilence fighting over the Kansas Territory. In may of that year a pro-slavery group looted the town of Lawrence it was later called "The Sack of Lawrence". This action mad John Brown (an extreme abolishionist) very mad, so he sent a small group to attack his pro-slavery neighbors. Once the bodies where found it was to much for both and it sparked a civil war, the territory is now known as "Bleeding Kansas". McDougall Littell (pg. 487) -
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World War 1
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 -
the stock market crash of 1929
The stock market crash of 1929 is also known as "the great wall street crash of 1929". It began in the late 1928 when people had grown as I would like to call it "stock market fever". Which later grew into the crash of the stock market and a setback for the economy. -
The first appearance of Superman in action comics
On April 18, 1938 "The Reign of the Super-Man" was published for the public to read. It was about a child on a far-off planet named Krypton. Krypton was going to explode, and so the boy's father, a scientist, built a spaceship and placed his baby son inside. I then later landed somewere in america. -
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World War ll
September 1, 1939-----September 2, 1945 -
Japanese attack the US naval base in pearl harbor
On december 7, 1941 the japanise attacked the pearl harbor base with dive bombers, and mini subs. They both destroyed the ships and left nothing but dead bodys and burning metal. Overall the attack at pearl harbor was a very tragic and deadly day. -
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The US was the only country to have owned a atomic bomb during this time. During this time we droped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It wiped out almost the whole city flatening it and its buildings to a dust. -
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The Korean War
25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 -
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The Vietnam War
"1959 -- April 30, 1975" is all i found. -
the inauguration of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as 35 president of th united states on January 20, 1961. In his speach he said how he would get america moving again. Later he was elected again and assasinated shortly after being elected for his second term as president of the united stated. -
The first appearance of Spider-Man in comics
It has sold for $1.1 million in auction, beating Batman’s first appearance from 1939 to become the second most expensive comic ever sold. It was so popular years ago that now in action the first original copy is priced at over 40,000 dollars! He is also known as "Spidey", "web-slinger", "wall-crawler", or "web-head". -
March on Washington
It was one of the biggest demonstrations ever to be held in or countrys capital. The main point of the gathering was to talk about racial segragation. It was also home to Martin Luther King Jr's unforgetable "i have a dream" speach. -
JFK Assasinated
John F. Kennety was Assasinated. -
The First Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs
This super bowl was the fist super bowl with the Packers against the Chiefs. The Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers 35 to 10. Max McGee a strictly backup player for Boyd Dowler early in the game Boyd Dowler got hurt and the rookie was unecpectedly thrown into the game and made a douchdown pass for the Packers gaining them the lead. -
Martin Luther King Jr's assassination
Martin Luther king Jr was assassinated causing great panic. It was a very bad day because he was going to be the leader of finally mixing blacks and whites togather. This was important because i made people realize that whites and blacks arent very differerent because they are all humans just like use. -
The Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
On the date of January 21, 1985 Ronald Reagan was inuguradted. -
The Explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle
When the Challenger Space Shuttle it exploded into many pieces killing all 7 people inside. This was both to many people was a loss of millions of dollars but also a loss of family. This was an important event because it made builders make modifications to the craft so it wouldent result in any more deaths of money loss for the government. -
My Birthday
My family welcomes me to the world as a new baby> -
Terrorists attack the twin towers (9/11)
On September 11, 2001 two well timed terrorist plane attackes hit the twin towers at deadly speeds.This then caused massive fires and pannic country wide. Eventully the fires took over and the towers and they crumbled to the ground creative massive amounts of dust, witch then caused the whole city to evacuate and set sail to surounding places. -
The first inauguration of Barrack Obama
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C, started the four-year term of Barack Obama as President. This increased its outreach to citizens to encourage greater participation in inaugural events compared with participation in recent ones. -
I went to visit my cousins in Georga for the first time in 4 years
This is an important event because I have lost touch with my cousins for a long time and i started to forget about them.
