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                                                                    Trail of Tears

In 1831 thousands of Native Americans were forced to leave their home and land to walk hundreds of miles to a new territory.  They were moved from southeastern parts of

     Looking back at big historical events, a very big one that strongly affected the Native Americans was the Trail of Tears. But what exactly caused the Trail of Tears to happen?

     On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Remov

Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. 10 years later, his family moved to Delaware, where he became an attorney in 1969. He was elected to county council in 1970, and he was elected to Senate in 1972. In 2008, Barack Obam

               The words Underground Railroad may not seem like much, but for slaves in the south who were desperate to escape, they meant the difference between captivity and freedom. The Underground Railroad was not a train gliding across tracks. I

                                            War of 1812 (America's Second War for Independence)

     The United Stated Declared war on Great Britain on June 18, 1812 . It was a military conflict between the U.S. and the British Empire that consisted o

Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened on March 5, 1770. It was between the Patriots and the British. The British troops were very unwelcome in Boston. Fifty Patriots started the street fight by throwing snowballs, sticks

George Washington

Our first president George Washington was born on February 11, 1731.  His parents were Augustine Washington, and Mary Ball Washington. He had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. He was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia. He h

Obama was born August 4th ,196. He was born in Honolulu Hawii. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Some things he has accompolished as president are, got troops out of the Iraq War, found and killed Osama bin Laden and inc

back in the late 1880's, abner doubleday was credited to creating to the game we know and love, baseball.  a lot of people believe that he actually didn't create it.  even wikipedia says that it was a myth.. but none the less, the game of baseball wa

Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4th, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr. He moved to Indonesia after Barack Sr. was divorced and Stanley met Lolo Soetaro. There, he attended St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Sch

     Some of us may have had ancestors from the West, but how did they get there? No, a tornado didn't come through and drop their house out there. Way back when, there was an act that allowed people to move westward. Read on to learn more! 

     The

The picture above is a picture of where the Bering Land Bridge is located.

The Bering Land Bridge was made about 12,000 years ago. This was not man made it was made by sea and ice. The sea levels were low because of water being trapped in ice caps aro

The Battle of the Alamo

The Alamo started out as a misson named Mision San Antonio de Valero. It was home to the missionaries and Native Americans for about 70 years, until it was secularized along with 4 other missions. Secularized means not subject

Mitt Romney is the republican going against president Barack Obama. Mitt was born in Detroit Michigan on March 12, 1947. Romney was raised in a very wealthy mormon house hold. Serving the church that his family went to was a main priority.  Out of co

        The battle of Gettysburg was a very important battle in the United States of America’s history, which takes place during the civil war. The battle of Gettysburg lasted over three blistering hot summer days so they were literally fighting in t

Born in Janesville, Wisconsin to Elizabeth and Paul Murray Ryan on January 29th 1970, Paul Ryan is getting more attention than he's ever had before. Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney, has picked Paul Ryan for his Vice Presidential running mate. Thi

When you think about the issue of slavery that was intensely and passionately debated in the time leading up to the Civil War, you most likely picture the heavily agricultural plantation states in the south east corner versus the industrialized Quake

   On April 12, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech on giving the freed slaves a chance to become American citizens. This was only three days after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Among the people hearing the speech was

    Republican VP Candidate Paul Ryan was born as one of nine children in an Irish Catholic Conservative family in Janesville, Wisconsin. His father was a big fan of Ronald Reagan, and sadly passed away when he was only 55. Later in life, he attended

The Battle of Gettysburg

The official dates of the the Battle of Gettysburg was July 1-3 1863. The battle took place in and around the town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania. At that spot 75,000 of Robert E. Lee's men and 97,000 of George G. Meade's men meet