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Colonial America
The Colonial America was how Europeans came trying to find a better future on the United States. Their goal was to break up all the religions and finding freedom of religion. Also during the Colonial America Time Period and the creation of the new nation of the Unites States of America. Europeans just came to the United States for a better future for their sons and daughters. -
Boston Tea Party
This event was a political protest. The event was the first major act of defiance. The Sons of Liberty were a group of colonial merchants. American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing taxation. -
The Revolutionary War
The war was on the 18th century between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies that were allied with France which declared independence as the United States of America. This war start because the British government decided to make the American colonies pay a large share of the war debt from the French and Indian War. Through the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and other taxes, the British tried to collect taxes that the American people considered harsh. -
A New Nation
Americans had a lot of troubles during this time. The need to increase taxes to pay for the American Revolution also the deal with the French Revolution which divided American support into two parts. It also create the War of 1812 against Britain, called the Second War of American Independence that spend three years. After that create a mood of nationalist. -
Civil War
Civil war was a war between citizens from the same country. The conflict was the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil, with 620,000 soldiers killed, millions more injured and much of the South left in ruin. War broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant was originally scheduled to be at Lincoln’s side. Booth initially planned to kidnap Lincoln. Lincoln’s deathbed quickly became a tourist attraction. Another deadly tragedy struck Ford’s Theatre during the funeral of Booth’s brother. -
The Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas. Spain’s brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers, and American sympathy for the Cuban rebels rose. -
World War One
The American Expeditionary Forces arrived in Europe in 1917 and helped turn the tide in favor of Britain and France, leading to an Allied victory over Germany and Austria in November 1918. By the time of the armistice, more than four million Americans had served in the armed forces and 116,708 had lost their lives. On the home front, millions of women went to work, replacing the men who had shipped off to war, while others knitted socks and made bandages. -
Women Rights
Women rights are the fundamental human rights that were enshrined by the United Nations for every human being on the planet. These rights include the right to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination. Also to be educated, to own property, to vote, and to earn a fair and equal wage.Those rights were so fought on the past years. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression challenged American families in major ways, placing great economic, social, and psychological strains and demands upon families and their members. Families of various class, ethnic, racial, and regional backgrounds, exhibiting various styles of marital and familial relationships, responded in different manners to the stresses and demands placed upon them. In 1933, the average family income had dropped to $1,500, 40 percent less than the 1929 average family income of $2,300. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering. Roosevelt’s New Deal fundamentally and permanently changed the federal government’s relationship to U.S. citizens. -
World War Two
America's involvement in World War II had a significant impact on the economy and workforce of the United States. The United States was still recovering from the impact of the Great Depression and the unemployment rate was hovering around 25%. Our involvement in the war soon changed that rate. American factories were retooled to produce goods to support the war effort and almost overnight the unemployment rate dropped to around 10%. -
Vietnam War
The first U.S. soldiers were killed in South Vietnam. John F. Kennedy authorizes secret operations against Viet Cong. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president. President Johnson calls for 50,000 troops to be sent to Vietnam. -
John F. Kennedy’s Assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. He’s assassinated while he was traveling to Dallas, Texas. He died at the age of 46. He was driving the convertible with his wife. -
The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination and segregation on the basis of race, religion, national origin and gender in the workplace, schools, public accommodations and in federally assisted programs. The Civil Rights Act also had a profound effect on schools. The Civil Rights Act also banned unequal application of voter registration requirements and paved the way for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned discriminatory literacy tests and offered other protections. -
Apollo 11
This event was when the first two people landed on the moon. They traveled three days until they entered lunar orbit. The effort of a man landing in moon was called Project Apollo. This project demonstrated the United States technology was over other nations. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
When the Berlin Wall fell, its destruction was nearly as instantaneous as its creation. The wall symbolized the lack of freedom under communism. It symbolized the Cold War and divide between the communist Soviet bloc and the western democratic, capitalist bloc. The Berlin Wall consisted of 96 miles of barrier. -
The Gulf war
The Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the United States. Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion. The Iran-Iraq War led to Iraq invading Kuwait. An estimated 100,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed in the conflict, while the United States had only 383 fatalities in the region. -
Twin Towers
The Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center collapsed. Both towers were struck by two commercial passenger jets during that day. Almost 3,000 people were killed. It had immediate effect on American people. The collision cause a massive explosion. -
Gay marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down all state bans on same-sex marriage. It was legalized it in all fifty states. Required states to honor out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses in the case Obergefell v. Hodges. -
The Orlando shooting
The mass shooting that killed 49 and wounded more than 50 others. The attack took place at Orlando's Pulse nightclub on "Latin Night,".
