8th Grade Review Project

1. Civil War

2. Revolutionary War

3. Declaration of Independence

4. Christopher Columbus

5. Jamestown

6.Louisiana Purchase

7. French and Indian War

8. Boston Tea Party

9. Constitution

10. Gold Rush

1. The civil war-

1861-1865 The Civil War was fought between the North and the South over slavery. Many people died fighting in battles.
Positives- Slavery was banned
Negatives- people die in wars
"American Civil War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Aug. 2013. Web. 21 Aug. 2013.

Revolutionary War 1775-1783

Britain insisted they had the right to tax the 13 colonies to finance the military and other things. The 13 colonies didn’t agree so a war broke out.
Positives- America won! Peace treaties were signed.
Negatives- Wars aren’t good and kill people, Boston Tea Party
"American Revolutionary War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Aug. 2013. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.

Declaration of Independence- 1776

Said the 13 colonies were independent states. This the created the new nation.
Positives- Helps keep things in order, helped colonies become independent,
Negatives- Some didn’t agree with it
"United States Declaration of Independence." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Aug. 2013. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.

Christopher Columbus- 1492

Christopher Columbus came to discover America when he sail for Asia. He ended up sailing to America on three ships; Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria.
Positives- People could start new lives.
Negatives- Brought many people to America. This introduced new diseases to the Native Americans, tried to change Native American religion, and forced some into slavery.
"Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492." Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.
"Columbus Controversy." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.

Jamestown

1607 America’s first permanent English colony. 105 men came over and settled down in Virginia. America’s first government using presidents, the president was on the town’s counsel.
A few positives are America is first colonized and people are populating its coasts. They had a government not using kings, but presidents. A negative is Europeans started fighting with Native Americans.
Jamestown. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.

Louisiana Purchase

It was when the United States purchased land from France. It was a total of about 828,000 square miles that was taking from the French territory in 1803. It contained what is now 15 states in the US and 2 Canadian provinces. The 15 states today would be, Arkansas, missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and parts of Minnesota, North Dakota, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and of course Louisiana.
it impacted our country because if we wouldn’t have purchased it we wouldn’t have gotten all of those states we have today from it
"Ten Facts About the Louisiana Purchase." Surfnetkids Almanac RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Aug. 2013.

French and Indian War

It was a war fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians. Most of the battles were in Canada. American colonists, such as, George Washington, fought with the British, the war lasted from 1754 to 1763. The British won the war and won the right to keep Canada
it was important because It marked the beginning of conflicts between Great Britain and the American Colonist.
"French and Indian War." French and Indian War. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.

Boston Tea Party-1773

Boston Tea Party represents one of the monumental turning points in the history mainly because it is the first act of defiance of the people towards the government. Refusal of the people to accept the ruling of the British empire, the mob dumped over 342 containers of tea in the waters of the Boston Harbor on the night of December 16, 1773 as a way of rebellion.
"Top 10 Facts About The Boston Tea Party." Before It's News. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Aug. 2013.

Constitution-

1787 The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. The Constitution set up the nation’s government that we still use today with all the laws. It took four months to set up the Constitution.
Positives are the U.S. was able to set up a working government, and it gave people a choice in who their president was. The negative is...
"The U.S. Constitution." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 21 Aug. 2013.

The gold rush-

1848-1855 It all started when James Marshall was building a saw mill and found a nugget of gold. People moved out west to California to mine for gold. Families left their homes to look for a better life. Men spent all day sifting through sand and mud looking for gold.
A positive thing that happened because of the gold rush was it brought more people to the American West and America in general. A negative thing was in the mining camps there was a lot of stealing and fighting. They also left the land bare, with ghost towns everywhere.

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