Civil War!
The civil war was during 1861 and 1865 within 23 states. There were many differnt battles that all became part of the Civil War.
One of the many battel
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Daniel Morgan was born in 1736 in Hunter County, New Jersey. To Welsh immigrants Joseph Morgan and Elizabeth Lloyd, he was the 5th out of 7 children. He left home when he was 16 after a fight with his dad. Morgan was a large and poorly educated man w
The NFL Lockout is officially on! There won't be any free angency, no training camp and forget pre-season if players and owners cant come to an agreement soon. The collective barganing agreement ran out at 11:59 p.m ET March 11, 2011, and the players
Samuel Slater was born in England on June 9, 1768. He was an apprentice at a cotton mill and eventually became a superintendent, so he knew the machines very well. He dreamed of making a fortune in the United States in the textile industry, but there
The Boston Tea Party was located on the Boston Harbor on December 16th, 1773, after officals refused to return three loads of taxed tea to Britain, some colonists loaded the ships and destroyed the tea by spliting the chests and throwing the tea into
Eli Whitney
Quite possibly one of the most famous people from the industrial revolution, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin; which could separate the seeds from the fibers of the cotton much faster and easier than that which could be done by hand. Th
On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere started his famous ride to warn the Coloniststhat the British were coming. As tension continued between the Colonists and the British not one Colonist had fired at the British, which was soon to end in Lexington. The B
The Women's World Cup was started in 1991, 61 years after the men's first world cup. There has been a total of 6 games, one every 4 years, in the womens world cup history. There have been 4 national teams that have won including America, Norway,
Westward Expansion...Organ Trail
The Organ Trail was so much more than just a trail to many people. This trail was the journey to new hope leaving everything behind and entering the hardships that our country presents. The Organ Trail was the pat
The Louisiana Purchase was acquiring, by the United States of America, 828,800 square miles of land. The United States paid $11,250,000.
The purchace contained, Arkansa, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, most of South Dakota and
The American Revolution took place from 1775 to 1783. It was fought between Great Britain and the thirteen British colonies. Tension grew as the colonists opposed the Stamp Act of 1765. The colonists boycotted British tea which lead to the Boston Te
There were pioneres who set out to make new lives for themselves in the west. A group of the pioneres would be known as the Donner Party. The Donner Party is one of the most famous tragedies of the westward migration. This group was from Illisnois. T
In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. Davy Crocket along with many others were opposed to this act, but it was passed anyway. The Cherokee Indians fought this act by taking their case to the Supreme Court and trying to establis
map of the Lewis and Clark route
Lewis and Clark
President Jefferson purchased the Loisianna Territory from France in 1803. He initiated the Louisianna Purchase Treaty, and shortly after decided there needed to be an exploration of the newly bought la
On Monday, July 11 Pro-government demonstrators attacked the US and French Embassy compounds in Damascus, Syria. The demonstrators were angry because ambassadors had been visiting a central Syrian city. Ambassadors like the American Ambassador Rober
For my first assigned blog I got the us supreme court and video games. In 2009 Califorina made a case to ban the sale or rent of video games to minors. If you would sell or rent a video to a minor you would be charge a 1,000 dollar fine. Video games
Gay Marriage finally became legal in the state of New York on July 24, 2011. with a 33-29 vote. New york has now joined Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Iowa and Washington, D.C. as being the sixth state for realizing gay marriage
Westward Expansion Trails
Oregon Trail
One of the most "known" trails and the best land route the settlers used when traveling west, was the "Oregon Trail!" For settlers with many tools, their livestock and a wagon trying to cross the mountains during
Westward Expansion Trails
Oregon Trail
One of the most "known" trails and the best land route the settlers used when traveling west, was the "Oregon Trail!" For settlers with many tools, their livestock and a wagon trying to cross the mountains during
On July 1st, 1863, the connfederates led by general Robert E. Lee attacked General George G. Meade's army at the Patomac on the west and the north side backing up the union army.
Pickett's Charge- July 2nd, 1863 after Confederate attacks on Union fla
