to day we started blog discussions.
the great awakening-was a very reigious time when religion made a comeback
abe lincon- was born in kentucky and was the 16th president and died at the fiord theater
thomas jefferson-hired lewis and clark to explore the lousina teritory was the third presedent
he invented the swivel chair
setlement at jamestown- a group was sent over on dec. 19 and they struggled with deicese and famine.
typewriter- in the 1830s the type writer stared production.
the great chicago fire-there were more than 70 building burt down and more than 300 died
george washington-was bornin 1671 and died in 1799
the erie canal-it opened on october 26, 1825 and was 365 miles long. and was ment to be a faster way to transport goods
the french and indian war- int was a battle between the french and the british. the british came out of the war with extreme debt
the boston tea party-was when the ship loads of tea was dumped in the boston harbor because tea was taxed.
the gold rush started in 1848 and drew a bunch of people in because they thought they were going to get rich.
the trail of tears- in 1830 jackson signed the indian removal act and in 1831 it started. they move the cherokee indians in 1838.
tim bricher- was born in 1804 and was a very poular traper and he also started a town fort bricher.
the battle of gettysburg- end the civil war and the south army went into the town looking for shoes and were ambushed by the north army and was a major battle.
the underground railroad-it not a railroad its a bunch of trails for slave to escape to freedom on the were led by conductors and raveled 10 to 20 mile a night. the most famous was harriet tubman.
the texas war for independance- they wanted to be free from mexico and they couldnt have slaves or there own religon. texas ended the war with a win and fformed their own country but eventualy joined the us.
the invention of baseball- in 1845 shane rale made the rule book and he original invebted baseball.
the alamo-it was part of the texas revolution. it was the most famous battle of the texas revolution.
custors last stans- was abattle between indians and the us army. it occured on june 26. the indians ened up winning
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