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5000 BCE
Bowling
The earliest type of bowling known to exist was created around the ancient Egyptians time. The ancient Egyptians rolled stones at various objects with the goal of knocking them over. The game has evolved since then but it is still the general the idea of the game has stayed the same. (https://www.bowling.com/service/article_the_history_of_bowling.aspx) -
1457
Golf
Golf was invented in the year 1457, but the game then was a little different than the game we know today. Back then, they played by striking a feather-stuffed ball with club-shaped tree branches. (https://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-golf.htm) -
1492
The Columbian exchange
The movement of diseases, ideas, foods, crops, and people between the New World and the Old World. It is important because it changed the culture and lives of people around the world.
(https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fDCewIYonDR8HXnL-3kSmsh58znwn6Vfjgyn1VD2SP4/edit#slide=id.p3) -
Jamestown Colony
It was the first successful colony in America. It was also a leading producer for New-world products. ( -
Boxing
Boxing was a sport that was invented by the Greeks in 1681. It is still a very popular sport today. (https://www.olympic.org/boxing-equipment-and-history) -
Seven Years War
It was a war over North America. It was the French and most of the Indian tribes against the British. The British ended up winning the war. (https://www.history.com/topics/france/seven-years-war) -
Proclamation of 1763
After the seven-year war, the king of Britain issued a law that stated the American colonists could not cross the Appalachian mountains into the Ohio River Valley. (https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of) -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolutionary War. It involved the Americans, who became independant, and the British or Great Britian. (https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/treaty-of-paris) -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invents the machine that speeded up the processing of cotton. The Cotton gin sped up and made the process of manufacturing cotton a lot easier for slaves and made more money for slave owners. Encouraged slavery in the south.
(https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eNgdQCpBoZBI8gQmUnXUfT1e-frMafHu5HdHDfd-YWU/edit#slide=id.p5) -
Baseball
Abner Doubleday invented the game known as baseball in Cooperstown, New York, during the summer of 1839. Baseball is a very popular and is played competitively in several countries. (https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-baseball) -
Manifest Destiny
It was the idea that Americans had the right to expand west by the force of god. A big factor in westward expansion in the US. (https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/manifest-destiny) -
California Gold Rush
A lot of gold was found in the west, especially California. A big contributor to Manifest Destiny and Western expansion.(https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849) -
Election of 1860
Abe Lincoln won the election with less than 50% of the population's vote. After the Election, southern states started to secede from the north. (https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/election-of-1860) -
Transcontinental Railroad
It was the first efficient way to travel from the east to the west. The Transcontinental Railroad shortened the trip to about 10 days and was a lot cheaper than traveling by wagon. Encouraged travel to the west. (https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad) -
Emancipation Proclamation
Ended Slavery in the US. Created by Abraham Lincoln. It stated, " "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." "
(https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation) -
Soccer
It became a sport when the rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses and the Football Association in England was formed. It is a very popular sport today internationally. (https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/the-game/index.html) -
KKK
After the Civil War, The KKK was founded to try to prevent African American people from gaining power or becoming equal to them. The KKK consisted of only white Democrats. (https://www.history.com/topics/reconstruction/ku-klux-klan-video) -
13th Amendment
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/thirteenth-amendment) -
Badminton
The goal of badminton is to hit a shuttlecock over the net and have it land in the other team's court. It is a very popular and fun sport (http://www.rulesofsport.com/sports/badminton.html) -
Basketball is born
Basketball is the only major American sport with a clearly identifiable inventor. James Naismith wrote the sport’s original 13 rules as part of a December 1891 class assignment at a Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). Basketball is still a very popular sport today. (https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-basketball) -
Ellis Island
It was a major federal immigration station. Processed most of the immigrants that came to the US, especially from Europe. Now a museum but has strong historical power. (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-35cLwtmOXfu-_NSAPABJEM1uHYMGkIHmiY_6iJ6k2M/edit#slide=id.gc96d7d0da_0_0) -
Olympic Games
The Olympic games were first invented in 1896. They were held in Greece and had some of the best athletes at the time. The Olympic games are held every two years and alternate between summer sports, like swimming or running, and winter sports, like skiing. (https://www.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-games) -
Ford Motors
Henry Ford created the Ford motor company in Detroit. It started out as a hit and never let up. Ford mototr company is still a big company in a veyr competitive industry today. (https://corporate.ford.com/history.html) -
The Zimmerman Telegram
Germany sent a telegram to ally with Mexico if the United States entered World War one. This was a
cause . for the US to eneter World War one(https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/centennial-commemoration/us-enters-war/zimmermann-telegram) -
The Chicago Black Sox Scandal
The Chicago White Sox had one of the best teams ever assembled. Their manager was a very strict man who did not like to pay his players very much and did not give very many bonuses. Due to this, when the White Sox had reached the World Series, they were offered a large amount of money to throw the series and loose, and most of they accepted this offer. (http://www.famous-trials.com/blacksox/943-home) -
NFL
On September 17, 1920, a group of men gathered in Canton, Ohio. The result of the meeting was the birth of the National Football League. First known as the American Professional Football Association and later renamed the NFL in 1922. The NFL is still a big company today and many attend their games and watch the games be played on TV. (https://www.profootballhof.com/news/nfl-founded-in-canton/) -
Dday
During World War II , the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day) -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the leaders of the U.S. and the USSR engaged in a tense, 13-day military standoff in 1962 over the installation of nuclear weapons armed in Cuba by the USSR just 90 miles from U.S. shores. (https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis) -
Vietcong
The Viet Cong was a network of communist agents and subversives, supplied and controlled by North Vietnam but active within South Vietnam. (https://alphahistory.com/vietnamwar/viet-cong/) -
Espn
Espn, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is a big sports networking station. It is aired in over 60 countries all around the world. (http://www.espnfounder.com/how_it_started.htm) -
Septemper 11
19 men associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers a third plane hit the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the september 11 terrorist attacks. (https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks) -
DACA
The DACA act started collecting applications in 2012. DACA is an American immigration policy that allows individuals, who were brought to the US illegally as children, to receive a two-year period of protection from deportation and become eligible for a job in the U.S. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals)
