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Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Today our Declaration of Independence was signed. We became a free country. -
The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States. -
The British Surrender at Yorktown
The British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York. The British ships never arrived. -
Shays Rebellion: Attack on the Springfield Armory
2,000 farmers from western Massachusetts attacked the new federal arsenal at Springfield. The government soldiers returned fire, killing three of the farmers. This was the beginning of the end of the uprising known as Shays' Rebellion -
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Constitutional Convention
Convention at Philadelphia to address problems in governing the United States of America -
Ratification of the United States Contitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document, and it was subsequently agreed that government under the U.S. Constitution would begin on March 4, 1789. In June, Virginia ratified the Constitution, followed by New York in July. -
The Ratification of the Bill of Rights
Those 12 were sent to the states for approval in August of 1789. Of those 12, 10 were quickly approved (or, ratified). Virginia's legislature became the last to ratify the amendments on December 15, 1791. The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on government power. -
petition issued for the cotton gin
the modern mecanical cotton gin was petition in the United States in 1793 -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Having started upstream on the Missouri River from their St. Louis-area camp—where they had been preparing for the expedition since fall 1803 William Clark and nearly four dozen other men met up with Meriwether Lewis on May 20. -
First mill built in Lowell, Massachusetts
the first mill was built in Lowell Massachusetts -
Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill
Gold was discovered by a carpenter from new jersey at Sutters mill -
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Trail of Tears
As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal poisy native americans of the cherokee ribe were forced to move west of the mississippi river in present day oklahoma. -
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trail of tears
andrew jackson made the cherokee indians move west -
Signing of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treatyu added an adition of 525, 000 square miles -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War -
The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to Lakota as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. -
Birthday
This is the day i was born and my mother gave me a name. Barack Obama"s birthday is the day before mine. -
September 11th Attacks (9/11)
Today was the day where the twin towers and the pentagon were attacked by terrorists from Pakistan. Many people diead and the twin towers fell. -
Inauguration of Barack Obama
It is marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Barack Obama as President