We shared our Top Ten events up to 1877. My group started the presentation, and I found it different than I planned.
Group two had the Revolutionary War as the number one event. The Revolutionary War gave us our freedom at the end of our fighting. The first government that was set up was the Articles of Confederation. IT was terrible. It cost a lot of money, and caused many lives. The war took place from 1775-1785.
Group three had the Revolutionary War as well, so we talked about the Constitution. It was ratified in 1789. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The Constitution set up our Democracy and the separation of power. The last time we declared war was December 8th, 1941.
Group four put the Civil War as number one. Took place from 1861-1865. The war was about saving the Union, and ending slavery. A negative was the largest single loss of America lives ever. A big positive was that slavery ended.
Group five is talking about the thirteen colonies. They began in 1607, and went through 1783. A negative was that we ended up killing a large majority of the Native Americans.
Group 6 talked about Reconstruction. It was when we rebuilt everything about the South after the civil war. It was from 1866-1877. It made the Southerners live with blacks, which they did not like. From 1877 till 1953 the south was segregated.
April 30th, 1803 was when the Louisiana Purchase happened. 800,000 square miles was sold to the United States for 5 cents an acre. We doubled the area of the United States, and gave us more land to trade through and travel with.
The Mexican-American War was over where the border of Mexico and America was. It took place in 1846. We ended up getting California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico. It caused many countries to not like us.
The Oregon Trial was almost 2000 miles long and was a large migration trail across the country.
The French and Indian war ended in 1763 between the British and French-Indians. That caused almost all of the French to leave the western hemisphere. Right after this war, they started taxing us heavily. A positive was the French were gone.
Jamestown began in 1607 and was the first permanent English colony. The first colony brought many more after it and now we are here. The colony was abandoned in 1699.
In 1838-1839, Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans to migrate to what is now known as Oklahoma. It was called the Trail of Tears because nearly 1/5 of them died.
1848-1855 was when the Gold Rush happened, and it brought many people out west, and many new people to our country.
The Women's Suffrage Movement took place from 1820-1920. It was because women wanted to be equal to men.
Mr. Bruns then Shared his list. We had already gone over everything that he shared, so I did not take any notes. I payed close attention.
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