Christopher Colombus; He was the first person to discover America.
The Great Awakening; happened in the 1730's and 1740's. Created the importance of the church doctrine and pushed individual religions. Allowed people to question anything and spread the education of religion.
Industrial Revolution; changed farming and people moved to the city because there was no need to be a farmer. the prices of things started to go down. steam ships allowed efficient travel.
Revolutionary War; Stamp act raised the price of stamps. We had the Boston Massacre which was a street fight. And the Boston Tea Party, they dumped a whole bunch of tea into the ocean because the taxes were so high on tea and they were trying to get the point across to them to lower it.
Constitution; Framers got together to make up a document and it stands as a model of statesmanship and Ben Franklin wrote it and it was approved by all 13 colonies. It still stands today.
Lewis & Clark and the corps of discovery. The one thing that they didn't discover was the Pacific water route that connected to both sides. But they went on a journey.
War 0f 1812; it gave us a strong sense of pride, this was the time when the national anthem was written. The Declaration of Independence helped to bring peace, the 1787 law of slavery, and Harriet Tubman was introduced in this time.
Reconstruction; after the american civil war. they went in to rebuild things that had gotten ruined after the civil war.
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