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The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occured when five colonists were shot and killed by British soldiers out of self-defense, ultimately leading to more colonial anger towards the British government. -
Declaration of Independence
On July 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a key resolution, calling the colonies "free and independent states." Congress appointed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence that day. A month later, Congress adopted the document that proclaimed independence, thus finalizing the Declaration of Independence. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase occured when President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon for 3 cents an acre, causing the United States to grow territorrially, economically, and politically. -
Lewis and CLark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark expedition occured after President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory for 3 cents and acre. President Jefferson needed a map and animal expert so he could know the terrain and the dangers of living there, so he hired Meriweather Lewis and William Clark to do the job. -
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, or better known as his pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was born January 27, 1832. In 1865, he wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel "Through the Looking Glass" in 1872. He also wrote beautiful poetry, leaving behind a legacy when he died on January 14, 1898 of pneumonia. -
THE DONNER PARTY
The Donner Party is a family of 90 emigrants that were trying to take a supposedly shorter route, which resulted in them breaking one of their cart wheels and couldn't move because of the weather, soon running out of food. So, as they died off because of hypothermia, the remaining members of the Donner party decided to revert to cannibalism -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 8th, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between the North and the South. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was an abolitionist novel written by an American author Harriet Beecher Stowe on April 1st, 1852. This book helped the abolitionists by inspiring more poeple, most specifically mohers, join their cause. It was banned in the South because of its controversial message to end slavery. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Southern states withdrawed from the Union, taking control of federal forts. President Abraham Lincoln had to decide wheter or not to send supplies, but in the end, he did. He notified the leaders of the Confederacy, who decided to attack the fort before the supply ships arrived, sparking up a war. -
Brown vs. The Board of Education
A seven-year-old African American girl named Linda Brown had to travel across town to go to a school for black children, so her father and the NAACP sued to allow her to attend the school closer to her home, their court case being called Brown v, The Board of Education. This caused the Supreme Court to order public schools to integrate "with all deliberate speed." -
Elvis Presley's Death
Music legend Elvis Presley died August 16, 1977 at the age of 42. The original cause of his death was covered up by his family, but it is suspected that is death was actually caused by an overdose of prescription drugs. -
9/11 Occured
Terrorists took over foour commercial airlines , flying two of them into the World Trade center. It caused fires in both buildings, which led to their collapse, killing 2,500 people. -
MY BIRTHDAY
This is the day my family was blessed with an unsocial child that came out FLYING and SCREAMING, which I do normally. -
First Female Author
