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First Americans Enter North America
This is important to American history, because we would not be here if it was not for them and we would not be Americans, we would mostly be something else. -
1492
Christopher Columbus Lands
Christopher Columbus is important to Americans, because he really got America started. Yes the Native Americans where here first, but they never did anything, on the other hand Columbus started colonizes and started building a culture. -
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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was discovered island around North America, if not for him many of us would not be here. -
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Mercantilism
Mercantilism is a national economic policy designed to maximize the trade of a nation and, historically, to maximize the accumulation of gold and silver. This made getting the regiments much easier for future gens like gold and silver. -
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JamesTown
Jamestown was the first permanent American English colony and it is still standing until this day. -
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Navigation Act of 1651
The Navigation Act is important to American history, because England and Dutch traded and brought to English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War which lead to the colonist not being so happy. -
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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century. The discovery of new logic this change our nation, because we advanced more. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin is important to American history because he created amazing things and one of the funding fathers he is looked up as a hero to many. Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSE was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War is important, because it was another war that changed our nation for the better and resulted in the Treaty of Paris. -
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years’ War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source. This is important to America history, because we still uses tax till this day, but it's not internal tax. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 is important to America because, it shows how strong we are and how we got this country piece by piece.The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution is important to American history because, we fought for our independent many times that's why were such a strong country. The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. Wikipedia -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre is important to American History because it was an American mob fighting back for what they wanted, but it killed many. The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is important to American history because, it shows that we fight for what we want and that's why the Tea Party happened because, the British put the tax law on the English colonies, now the Americans were fighting back. The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. "No taxation without representation." -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of independence is important to the United States history because it was the first step to becoming an independent country. A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood is an assertion by a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. -
United States Constitution Signed
The United States Constitution Signed is important to American history because it was the first step for the citizens to have a say and have human rights. This was the same place the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention—which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787. It was signed on September 17, 1787. -
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George Washington
George Washington, was the first president of the United States, he served in American Revolutionary War he is on Mount Rushmore. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is important to American history because he was the author of Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is important to American history because it made the country larger which meant more people and it created the majority of America today.The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. The U.S. paid fifty million francs and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs for a total of sixty-eight million francs. -
Westward Expansion
The Westward Expansion is important to American history because it made so America was doubled the size which meant more people. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. The belief that settlers were destined to expand to the west is often referred to as Manifest Destiny. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition made it possible for Americans to move westward this is important to American history because it made the United States seem a whole lot bigger. The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark are important to American history because it made it possible for many Americans to travel west. The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. -
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Election of 1828
The Election of 1828 is important to American history because it shows how American made a mistake by electing the wrong person. The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. -
Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement is important to American history because it made it possible for all Americans to be equal and changed many lives. Abolitionism is a general term which describes the movement to end slavery. This term can be used formally or informally. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act is important to American history because it shows how horrible the president was at that point in time and how Americans can recover. The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was important to American history because he was a president and a horrible person he made Native Americans move because of family issues. Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. -
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Mexican American War
The Mexican American War is important to American history because it shows how strong we are as nation and how we get what we want and how much we've grow from it. The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War in the United States and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 -
Compromise of 1850
the Compromise of 1850 is important to American history because it shows how the first free state became so important to many slaves which change history and lives. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision is important for American history because it shows how strong the slaves and brave they were so, the decision made it easier for slaves to speak their mind. Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott Decision". -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was important to American history because he made it possible for slaves to fight for there freedom and was hero to the slaves. Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, also known as the Dred Scott case, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law. -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 is important to American history because he made slavery illegal in the North and that changed history and lives he was a hero to many. The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. -
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Civil War
The Civil War is important to American history because it divide our nation, but then it combined them to make them strong as ever. The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederate ... -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was important to American because he was a president and a hero because he was a big part to stopping slavery. Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
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Era of Reform
The Era of Reform is important to American history because it shows how many problems this cause and how we still have to deal with today. The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was important to American history because he was the biggest part to ending slavery as a black man and a hero. Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. -
Manifest Destiny
The Manifest Destiny is important to American history because it made the other nations would give America more land. the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Jacksonian Democracy
The Jacksonian Democracy is important to American history because it shows how a person could espoused greater democracy for man. Jacksonian democracy was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that espoused greater democracy for the common man as that term was then defined.