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The Middle Passage
The "MIDDLE PASSAGE," which brought the slaves from West Africa to the West Indies, might take three weeks. Unfavorable weather conditions could make the trip much longer. -
Bacon's Rebellion
It was the first rebellion in the American Colonies in which the frontiersmen took part. Also, it hastened the hardening of racial lines dealing with slavery, because this rebellion involved both black and white indentured servants which worried the ruling class. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. (https://www.google.com/search?) -
Proclamation Line of 1763
A border that England established in order to keep peace with the Indians. The line is making the Ohio River Valley unreachable to the colonist because it starts at the App. Mountains. The line made the people very angry and created a sourness between Britain and America. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h3DhvKiAh41n9KVhHgGVhtYeZADHpDqUW1M8doughVQ/edit -
The French and Indian War
France has become a threat to the British North American border. The French started to build a fort on the land that they both claimed which to Britain was a reason to declare war and to France was also a reason. They were at war for 7 years until Britain finally won and kicked the French off. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of rebellion from the colonist that occurred on December 16, 1773. The colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. (https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party) -
The Treaty of Paris
A treaty which was signed by King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America in order to end the American Revolution. -
Oregon Trail
A voluntary trip across America in order to start a new life. The trail was also an act of manifest destiny. The trail would let people start a new life and it gave the government control from one coast to the other. It took ten months to complete. https://www.nps.gov/oreg/learn/historyculture/index.htm -
The Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the president. This election was intitled to end the expansion of slavery. This made southern states mad and one by one they started to rebel against the union. -
The Springfield Rifle
U.S. Congress in 1794. The armory had produced smoothbore muskets from its earliest days, and between 1858 and 1865 it turned out more than 840,000 .58-calibre rifled muskets. In 1866, it began adapting the muzzle-loading rifles to breech-loading, single-shot rifles by making a “trapdoor” for the breach with latch, firing pin, and extractor for the cartridge case. (https://www.britannica.com/technology/Springfield-rifle) -
Settlement Along the Rail Roads
When the new railroads were built people were able to travel places they usually couldn't, which also meant they could settle in different places. This inspired the idea for bigger cities close to railroads for convenience. The railroads helped create some of the biggest cities even today. (America the Story of Us: Railroad Readings) -
First Devon Horse Show
The first show was a one-day event that consisted of approximately thirty classes. On May 22, 1896 a meeting was called by the gentlemen of the Main Line area inviting their friends and neighbors to “effect an organization for the purpose of holding a Horse Show at Devon.” Less than two months later the first Devon Horse Show was held! -
Ellis Island
This island was used in order to maintain the health and overpopulated immigrates. The island was made to keep immigrates there and to keep quarintine. -
The Olympics for Horseback
Equestrian at the Summer Olympics. Equestrianism made its Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It disappeared until 1912, but has appeared at every Summer Olympic Games since. The current Olympic equestrian disciplines are Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping. -
Trench Warfare
This was a type of fighting created during WW1. Troops fought facing each other from trenches and shooting out of the top of them. It was very ineffective and caused a stalemate at one point, and more people died from disease and trench foot than bye bullet shots. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just before 8 a.m. on that Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, -
Highest jump world record
Huaso (1933 - August 24, 1961) was a horse that, ridden by Chilean Captain Alberto Larraguibel, set the high-jump world record on February 5, 1949, by jumping 2.47 m (8 ft 1 in) in Viña del Mar, Chile, one of the longest-running unbroken sport records in history, at 68 years.
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Route 66
A portion of Route 66, from Rolla to Springfield, Missouri, overlaps with part of the northern route of the Trail of Tears, followed by the Cherokee Indians during their forced 1838 relocation from their traditional homelands in the southern Appalachians. -
Thumbilina
Thumbelina (horse) Thumbelina (born May 1, 2001) is a dwarf miniature horse and the world's smallest horse. She stands 43 centimetres (17 in) tall and weighs 26 kilograms (57 lb), and received the title of world's smallest from Guinness World Records. Thumbelina was born in St. Louis, Missouri. -
9/11
A terror attack on the World trade center and the Pentagon.The hijackers in the September 11 attacks were 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda. 15 of the 19 were citizens of Saudi Arabia, and the others were from the United Arab Emirates (2), Egypt, and Lebanon.https://www.google.com/search?q=9%2F11&oq=9%2F11&aqs=chrome..69i57j6j0l4.2191j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
DREAM ACT
(acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act) is an American legislative proposal for a multi-phase process for qualifying alien minors in the United States that would first grant conditional residency and, upon meeting further qualifications, permanent residency. (https://www.google.com/search?q=dream+act&oq=dream+act&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2770j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) -
Big Jake
At 210.2 cm (82.75"), 11-year-old Belgian gelding Big Jake stands as the world's tallest horse.
Jerry Gilbert of Smokey Hollow Farm (Ostego, Michigan, USA) has raised Big Jake from a weanling to today. (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news) -
The Most Popular Horse show
The Kentucky horseshow, Del Mar and WEF are some of the biggest shows right now in the USA. They host the largest amount of riders and have the most high rated pro's there.
