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Jamestown
Who: British colonists
What: The first permanent English colony
Where: The Chesapeake Bay
When: April 1607 -
The Boston Tea Party
Who: Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty
What: A political protest against British Parliaments' tax on tea
Where: Boston Harbor, Boston, MA
When: December 16, 1773 -
The Articles of Confederation (Deep Dive)
Who: John Dickinson
What: An agreement between 13 states that had a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. It was eventually ratified on March 1, 1781.
Where: Now at the National Archives
When: Nov. 15, 1777
Why: Congress felt that a stronger union was needed to defeat Great Britain. The Articles failed because it had no power to tax or regulate commerce. Later on, a stronger Federal government was needed which led to the Constitutional Convention (1787). -
The War of 1812
Who: The United States and the United Kingdom and their allies
What: A conflict consisting of battles and major key events
Where: Eastern and Central North America and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
When: June 1812 - February 1815 -
The Missouri Compromise
Who: James Monroe (signed compromise)
What: It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to even out the ratio of slave to free states
Where: Missouri/Maine
When: 1820 -
South Secession
Who: Southern States
What: Eleven southern states declared secession from the US and joined together to form the Confederate States of America
Where: South Carolina (threatened to leave)
When: April 12, 1861 -
The Homestead Act
Who: Abraham Lincoln
What: Promised land to anyone who would be willing to use it
Where: The western US
When: May 1862 -
The Great Depression
Who: American citizens
What: The worst economic decline in the history of the industrialized world causing a depression due to job, home, and money loss
Where: North America and Europe
When: October 29, 1929-1939 -
The Battle of Normandy (D-Day)
Who: Allied troops
What: Troops under Eisenhower landed in France which was occupied by Germany at the time
Where: The Northern coast of France
When: June 6, 1944 -
Marshall Plan
Who: Harry S. Truman
What: A plan to aid Western Europe's economy after the end of World War II in which the US gave over $12 billion
Where: Europe
When: April 3, 1948 -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who: He was a minister and an activist who focused on and led the civil rights movement
What: He held boycotts (Bus Boycott) and gave famous speeches (I Have A Dream) about race equality
Where: Actions performed by him took place on the East coast mostly
When: Mid 1950s -
September 11, 2001 (Deep Dive)
Who: Al-Qaeda
What: Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania using planes
Where: NYC, Arlington, Va, and Shanksville, PA
When: September 11, 2001
Why: After the event, there was an increase in border security and surveillance to detect potential terrorism. Operations in Afghanistan for specific people were carried out; Iraq was invaded less than two years later. In airports, security has been a huge concern and is now more in depth. -
Citations
(For War of 1812)
Editors, History.com. "War of 1812 Ends." History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 Feb. 2010
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-of-1812-ends (For Articles of Confederation)
Ken Drexler, guides.loc.gov. "Articles of Confederation: Primary Documents in American History." guides.loc.gov, 15 Dec. 2018
https://guides.loc.gov/articles-of-confederation
