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The Boston Massacre
What happend during the boston massacre is when British soldiers killed five people in a crowd because they were throwing things at them and the solders claimed it was self defence. -
Declaration of Independence
The thirteen colonies in America become seperate states and weren't controled by Great Britian. The United States of America became a new Nation not contorled by Great Britain also. -
The Lousiana Purchase
The Lousiana Purchase almost doubled the size of America. The whole cost was 15 million. Thomas Jefferson made the purchase. It was a very important event in westward exspansion. (papers from class) -
The Lewis and Clark Journey west
Thomas Jefferson hired them to map and exsplore the new land that he has perchased. The journey lasted two years. They mapped the whole new land and discovered over 200 new plants and animals for science and the history. They made a big difference in the future and how much they knew about the land.It was a long hard journey but it was worth it overall. (history.com) (papers from class) -
Texas Revolution
In 1835 Texas was a part of the Mexican government. The Texas Revolution is when they started to go against the government and started to become their own country. They wanted independence the people fought against mexico. (www.thealamo.org) -
Donner Party
A family got straned when trying to reach California when they took a different way that people though it was a shortcut. The family ended up eating the people that died and little people survived. (history.com) -
The Caliafornia Gold Rush
In January 1848 James Marshall found gold in North California when he was building a sawmill. The whole gold rush raised economy in California. In it all a whole bunch of men came from different countries to find gold. It caused a lot of fights overall, -
The Attack of Fort Sumter
The battle started the Civil war in America. It was on April 12-14 1861. It took place near Charlestono South Carolina. The battle was about slavery. -
Civil war
The war started because they wanted freedom for all races. The whole war started on april 12 1861 and ended april 9 1865. A lot of lives were lost in the war overall. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression started in october 1929 and ended in 1939. It left over 30 million people around the world without jobs. People were forced to sell there things to stay alive. -
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor Attack started on December 7th from japan. The reason Japan attacked is because they wanted oil and the U.S wanted them to cut back. In the attack over 2,400 americans were killed. -
brown v.board of education
Brown v. board of education is when segregation in schools and other public places was illegal. The person that went agenst it was a 7 year old african american girl named Linda Brown. -
The death of elvis
This day is when elvis died at the age of 42. They think he died from a drug overdoes but they aren't sure because his family covered up his death. -
9/11
The twin towers got crashed into by terroist. Both building eventually fell and a lot of people died trying to help and get out of the building. 3,000 poeple died. America went into two war with two places. -
My birthday
This is the day I was born
