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Today 13 colonies met to sign the declaration of independence. This is when our contry became free. If we didnt sign it we wouldnt live in the world we live into today.
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Today was when the ratification of the constitution happened. It was a document that created our government and laws. If we didnt have if our country would be a crazy place.
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The frech closed the New Orleans port, so the english bought it. They ended up getting the whole Louisianna Territory with it. This doubled the size of the US. This is important to are history because its what made are country the way it is today. (Mcdougal Littell/345)
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Thomas Jefferson wanted to explore the Louisianna Territory. so he hired Lewis and Clark to explore it. They explored all over finding new land,new animal, and new people. Then they took all of their knowlege back east to help people move. (mcdougal Littell/346)
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The Spanish let Americans start a colony in Texas. They wanted them to defend the land from Native Americans. Eventually the Americans outnumbered the spanish and there was a war to see if Texas would be part of America or stay part of the spainsh peoples land. This is important to are history because its why Texas is apart of are country. (McDougal Littell/428)
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The Donner party was a group of settlers heading west. They ended up getting trapped in the snow. They quickly ran out of food and other supplies. To survive the turned to eating each other. This is important to our history because it shows how hard it was for people to move west. http://www.google.com/search?q=donner+party&safe=active&hl=en&site=imghp&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=WSR5UrTPI9PksAT_2oGoCA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAA&biw=1366&bih=622&dpr=1
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The California gold rush all started when James Marshall found a piece of gold. The word spread like wildfire that there was gold. People came from all over to mine fro gold. These people are called fourty-niners. this is important to are history because it help California's economy so much. (Mcdougal Littell/439)
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Today Abraham Lincoln was killed. He was a great and inspirational president. I was a sad day in American history when he was killed. He was assassinated by John wilkes booth.
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World war 1 was a carzy time with lots of people fighting. We lost many people during this time. Without this we wouldnt be living the way we are today.
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The stock market was doing really well so a lot of people invested in them. Then the stock market crashed so so mant people lost tons of money. This impacted American a lot of people barley had moeny to get by.
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Superman came into comics on this day. Its carzy that he is still popular to this day. He is a hero to so many people.
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japan had a suprise attack on pearl harbor. they attcked a navel base. Over 2,000 people were killed that day.
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The first atom bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. It killed about 80,000 people. there were 35,000 people that were injured. It was a horrible day that impacted the livees of many. The blast hurt people and buildings.
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This was when spiderman first appeared in comics. He intertaned a lot of people for many years.
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This is when John F. Kennedy became president. He was the 35th president of the United States of America. He was a good leader to our country, and made a good impact on the U.S.A.
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About 200,000 people marched to washington on this day. they were protesting jobs and freedom. without people protesting for their rights we would not live the way we do today.
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This was the first time that Kansas city and green bay played eachother in the super bowl. Green bay won the game. Its not really important but a lot of people love to watch football.
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this was when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated. He was our 40th president. Ita important because he helped our country.
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the challenger space shuttle exploded. It was a very scary thing. we lost some great people that day and they will always be remembered.
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This is the day I was born.
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Planes crashed into the twin towers. this event is important because we lost many brave Americans this day.
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this is the day Obama was inagurated. He was the 44th president. This was a big day because he was the first black president.
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This was when me and my best friend in the whole world became friends. We met an instintly became great friends.This day is very important to me because I wouldnt be who I am today without my bestfriend.
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