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Christopher Columbus-
1492
set forth to find an easier way to get to India to trade goods, it impacted the US by creating a new beginning. He wanted to sail west to reach India. Named America from Amerigo Vespucci.
Slave Trade-
1808
People went to Africa to take the slaves by boat to wherever they were going, impacted the US by starting the Civil War
Revolutionary War-
1775-1783
American Colonies declared war on Great Britain and win to gain our independence, the impact was us gaining independence from Great Britain.
Eventually turned into a Global war. 646,000 people died. America teamed up with France, The Netherlands, and Spain. Lasted 8 years. Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre.
Signing the Constitution-
1786-1788
A secret group debate on how America should be ran. The impact would be it gave the US a set of laws. Made by the constitutional convention in the states of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania and was approved by the 11 states. Set up our government. The convention was held by George Washington. Some of the people there didn't like the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added. Set up the three branches Executive- President .Legislative-Congress. Judicial - Senate. A government that keeps their rights safe.
Louisiana Purchase-
1803
When the US bought land from the french, it just about doubled the size of America and gave us control of the Mississippi for trade. Thomas Jefferson was the president at the time. It made struggles with the economy and Great Britain.
Abraham Lincoln Assassination-
April 14, 1865 (Good Friday) 10:15 p.m.
President Lincoln was shot at the Ford theater by John Wilkes Booth. It was the first presidential assassination. He was attending the play "Our American Cousin". The original plan was to capture him and hold him hostage and tell him what to do and everything. Booth had ended up getting mad and just shot him. Surrvived the night but was pronounced dead the next morning.
Mexican American War-
1846-1848
It was the war that was fought over the thought of Manifest Destiny, It gave us the land where Texas is and made the country bigger
Civil War-
April 12, 1861-April 14, 1865
The north fought the south, it abolished slavery. The north created the cotton gin and the south wanted it but that would mean they would have to pay more taxes. Confederates believed it was their right to have slaves and the Union did not. 625,000 people died.
Reconstruction-
1863-1887
Gave over 4 million slaves freedom, given jobs, and gave blacks a voice in government. It created a bitterness between the North and the South. After the war the south was pretty much destroyed.
The four things Lincoln wanted:
1. free slaves
2. disband the confederate army
3. new state governments for each southern state had to be formed
4. No former leaders of the confederate??
Getting Alaska
1867
The Russian government sold Alaska to the US for 7.2 million in Gold. Added another state, oil, and other resources.
Lewis and Clark-
1804-1806
Hoped to find a water route to go from the Ohio river to the Missouri river.
George Washington-
Elected president in 1788 and served two terms
He is the founding father. He was the commander in chief of the continental army during the Revolutionary War. He was also very wealthy. Started out in the House of Burgess. Unanimously voted the first president of the United States.
Texas Independence-
March 2, 1835
Most celebrated holiday for Texas. Many people didn't understand what the point of this was. Davy Crockett was an important person in it because he had led Tennessee to the Alamo to help defend.
California Gold Rush-
1848
People looking for gold were called the forty-niners. At first you could just pick up gold nuggets right off of the ground. First gold rush in North Carolina where a boy found a 17 lb. nugget in his yard. Created new towns which consisted mostly of miners and their families. Also started expansion in the West. The amount of gold found translated in dollars today would be billions.
Slavery-
Africans were peasants. They were treated very poorly. Many slaves worked on large plantations. 2/3 of the slaves worked in cotton fields. 12 million slaves were shipped across.
Monroe Doctrine-
December 2, 1823
So England couldn't colonize in the Americas. America would think of it as a threat and would fight back. Its still effective today. They have branched it out to other countries as well. Many don't agree with this doctrine.
Creating Jamestown-
New England. Only 60 out of the 214 settlers survived. Jamestown led to the plantation of tobacco and us expanding.
Tobacco Economy-
Brought us a lot of money, helped bring slavery to the Americas, the growing crop helped support the economy.
French and Indian War-
War fought between the colonies and New France. Both sides were supported by military units from their counties Great Britain and France. The war was so costly that Great Britain raised taxes and this caused the Revolutionary War.
Nullification Crisis-
Andrew Jackson was the president at the time. States didn't want to pay the protective tariff that Jackson wanted.
The Erie Canal-
364 mile waterway that connects the Hudson river to Lake Erie. Made trade with the Western and Eastern U.S. easier.
War of 1812-
Revolutionary Part 2, The Forgotten War. Ended by the Treaty of Ghent. No clear winner. America gained international respect.
Mr Bruns' Top 10 list.
- Native American Removal- We wanted to remove them to get their land, resources. We brought over diseases so they began to die off. We forced them off of their reservations. We started to kill off the bison as well. We went to war with them. Native American slavery.
- Columbus and Exploration- Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 14 hundred 92.
- Jamestown and Colonization 1600's-1700's
- Revolutionary War- 1770s
- US Constitution- 1776
- Louisiana Purchase-
- Industrial Revolution- Early 1800's
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