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Pilgrims and plymoth Rock
In 1620, the pilrims landed the mayflower along the coast which is presently named cape cod. The plymoth rock was a big rock that was found not far from where the ship landed. -
Revolutionary war
The revolutionary war happened because the new people of america were very unhappy with King George III and his taxes. They started a revolution which resulted in troops sent in by england and many fights along the east coast. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of Independence was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson. The declaration states why the colonies of North American wanted to become an independent nation. -
Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution was caused by certain people making monopolies in their chosen buisiness. Henry Ford was the leader in car production. Many people excelled in their business which helped the United states become where it is today. -
Louisiana Purchase
This event in history was about the United States of America buying a huge piece of land from the french for 5 million U.S. currency. The land was over 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi river. -
Civil War
This war was between the North and south sides of the U.S. The leader of the North was the Great Abraham Lincoln. The west General was Robert E Lee. The west surrendured nearly 4 years after the war started. -
The first World series
The first World series was played by two teams; the first being the Boston Americans and the second being the PIttsburg Pirates. The Boston Americans came back from being down three games to 1 to win the series 5-3. -
WWI
This war was the first major World war. The United states were on the allies with Japan, the U.K., france, and other countries. This war was triggered by the assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand. -
Great depression
The great depression was a period of time where a major part of the population was jobless or making very little money. The major turning point of this was when the stock markets crashed on wall street, causing many people to lose all of their money. -
Dust bowl
The dust bowl was something in the south which was a huge dust tornado, causing all of the crops in the area to go to waste. This was a major part about our history because alot of people died without food or by trying to leave their house and suffocating, -
WWII
WWII was caused by Adolf Hitler. Hitler wanted ultimate power of Europe. He also had one of the most powerful militaries. There were some other dictators from Japan, Soviet Union, and Italy. -
Cold war
The cold war was a tention between the eastern side and western side of the countries around Europe. This occured after WWII, because of the WWII changes and other countries Government. -
1st super bowl
The first super bowl of the NFL was a blowout by the Green Bay Packers. The game final score was 35-10 Green Bay over Kansas city. This day marked the anniversary of the most watched sport in america. -
9-11-01
The attacks on the world trade center are considered one of the most servere terrorist attacks ever commited. The terrorist group highjacked 4 planes that day. 2 of them hit the world trade center buildings, one of them was heading for the pentagon, and the last one was crashed in a field. -
Boston Marathon bombings
The bostone marathon is one of the biggest marathons in the world. Two brothers from a terrorist group thought it would be a good idea to bomb the runners. They bombed them, ran, hid, and got caught eventually by police.
