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37,982 BCE
The first musical instrument made
https://www.livescience.com/20563-ancient-bone-flute.html The first instrument ever made was a flute. It was made out of dead peoples bones. -
Period: 1400 to 1500
Columbian Exchange
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49HWV8QVnwEb3FDRnFuS1ZIRE0/view The Columbian Exchange was the trade between the Old World and the New World. They exchanged goods and now we have resources in the US thanks to it like sugarcane. -
1473
First sheet music made
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_music Sheet music is used to write out pitches and volumes of music. It has various notes on it for instruments to play or to be sung. -
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Slavery
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H7x9ldf2VqBizv3Nfi-yDP7Y0RmRPgQ3/view Slavery forced colored people to come to the US unwilfuly and work without payment. Slaves came from mostly Africa -
The Proclamation of 1763
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EpMWVaIHhlXjrt47M7RA3bQZS8wYao1y/view The proclamation kept colonists from going into the Ohio River Valley after the French and Indian War. Great Britain didn't want the colonists going into the land because they didn't have enough resources to fight another ware in case they got inti a fight with the Indians on the land. -
Treaty of Paris
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q4HzVArGp28PNGlt4g5Ebp-Fl0VDzvkj/view After the French Indian War, France and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty made France give up most of their land and give it to Britain. -
Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HEeEEV6Afnb1c5e3ZlDV4dh_ojfTIOSgSfLbN0g7iHk/edit The resolutions were made to get rid of the Stamp Act because it had a negative effect on the economy. The Virginia Stamp Act Resolution were resolutions to replace the Stamp Act but still get rid of the things the Stamp Act prevented. -
Lexington and Concord Battle
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oSpuBQ1EhMOT2BGGGZI5cLNFGX8mfdi_bDwBkYgdcxQ/edit#slide=id.gcfb6b11cd_0_103 It was the first battle of the war. The Americans inflicted a significant number of casualties and forced the British back to Boston.. -
The Trail of Tears
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxCZTYpMVq8-S09NVEJpZGEyY0pFZGxZUHNFTVkwNklLWnd3/view President Jackson wanted the Indians to move off the good land, so colonists could farm on it and make money. The Trial of Tears is the path the Indains were forced to take, and they didnt have much of their belongings. -
Compromise of 1850
https://student.teachtci.com/shared/sections/8217?program_id=109 It allowed California into the US as a free state. Then, it took Utah and New Mexico in as slave states. -
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The Civil War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War The Civil War was between the North and the South of America. One of the main reasons it started was because of the argument of slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln's Inaugurated
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vYTe6TFq49of1D5dgq__D3UGU1jaCOnII89I978MUUo/edit "promising the seceding states that he would use force only "to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places" belonging to the federal government. The stage was set for the inevitable showdown." -
Freedmen's Bureau created
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedmen's_Bureau It was an agency who aided freed slaves. They did things like give freedmen temporary shelters and supply of destitute. -
Ku Klux Klan created
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan This was a terrorist group who targeted African Americans. It was founded at the end of the Civil War. -
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Ellis Island
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-35cLwtmOXfu-_NSAPABJEM1uHYMGkIHmiY_6iJ6k2M/edit#slide=id.p Immigrants wanting to come into the US would first travel to New York to Ellis Island. Missions of immigrants would go through Ellis Island before becoming an US citizen. -
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World War I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I It was the msot destructive war of American histroy. One of the groups fighting was the Allied Powers. -
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World War II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II It started with Germany breaking the Treaty of Versailles. Then Germany started conquering land around itself. -
Pearl Harbor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor "The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States." -
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Aretha Franklin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, civil rights activist, actress, and pianist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. She was one of the greats -
Yalta Conference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference
The USSR and the US agreed in shaping post-war Europe. They also agreed to divide Germany. -
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The Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States with its allies after World War II. A common historiography of the conflict begins with 1946.
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Biggest instrument constructed
https://www.cmuse.org/worlds-largest-musical-instruments/ This tuba has a nickname of Big Carl. The organ was constructed in Luray Caverns, Virginia. -
Warsaw Pact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact
The Warsaw Pact was also known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance. It was signed among the Soviet Union and the Soviet satellite states. -
Vietnamese New Year
https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive
The New Year holiday is called Tet. This was celebrated during the Vietnam War -
Shortest song ever made
https://hhhhappy.com/the-seven-shortest-1-songs-to-ever-hit-the-charts/ The shortest song ever made was 1.316 seconds. It was made by Napalm Death. -
Longest song in the world
https://www.almanac.com/fact/what-was-the-longest-song-ever-recorded On this day, the longest song in the world was made. It was 69 minutes long. -
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
This is a terrorist group. They are widely known for the terrible things they do. -
9/11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks Two enemy planes hit the twin towers. Next one plane hit the Pentagon and one was crash landed in Pennsylvania to protect what everyone thought was going to be the White House. -
Georgia Brown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_register In 2005, Georgia broke the Guiness Book of Wotld Records record for highest note sung. She sang this G10 using the whistle register. -
The Lowest Note Ever Sung
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/lowest-vocal-note-by-a-male Tim Storms hit the note. "Timothy is the bass singer for the vocal group 'Pierce Arrow'. The attempt was witnessed by two college music professors and an acoustician."
