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The Starving Times
A time where the people of Jamestown had not much food to eat. They ate their horses and everythin they could get their hands on. Out of the initial 500 settlers, 61 are left alive when John Rolfe arrives. -
The Deliverance Sails.
Chesapeake Bay JournalThe Deliverance set sail for the America with John Rolfe on board. They are headed to Jamestown. -
Deliverance Lands.
Chesapeake Bay JournalThe Deliverance lands at Jamestown expecting wealth and health but find poverty and sickness. The Starving Times. -
Tobacco Harvesting
John RolfeJohn Rolfe planted tobacco seeds he had gotten from the Caribbean and he started harvesting the crop which eventually became the crop that made Jamestown succeed. John Rolfe became very wealthy and married Pocahontas. She became sick and died in 1617. -
Mayflower departs
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Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock
Mayflower HistoryThe chosen area was an abandoned Native American settlement mainly chosen for its defensive postion, it is located on two hills, and another reason it was choosen was because the Native Americans had previously cleared much of the land -
First Winter
The First WinterThe Pilgrims encounter their first winter in the new world. 45 of the 102 people were alive after it was over. -
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Paul Revere's Engraving
paul reverePaul revere made an engraving to show people around the country what the Redcoats have done. Hence the name, "The Shot heard 'round the world." -
Boston Massacre
Boston MassacreA bunch of civilians were rioting and and yelling at the guards. They were throwing rocks and snowballs at the guards. When one hit a guard in the head, he then fired into the crowd and the others soon started to fire also. Crispus Attucks was killed instantly. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party116 rebels disguised as indians boarded a ship and dumped 90,000 lbs of tea in to the harbor. This amount of tea was worth about $1 million dollars today. -
The Wilderness Road
The Wilderness RoadThey started to make a 200-mile long road from present day Gate City, Virginia to Fort Boonesboro, Kentucky that passes through the Cumberland Gap. This will be known as The Wilderness Road -
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The Midnight Ride
Midnight RidePaul revere sets out on the famous midnight ride to warn the rebels of the British regulars on their way. -
Concord
ConcordThe British arrive expecting to find the hidden supply of rebel ammunition and firearms but find nothing thanks to the actions of paul revere. The british end up getting attacked by the overwhelming amount of Americans . The british are forced to retreat back to boston. They were attacked constantly all the way back to boston. 273 British regulars were killed. -
Power loom
The Power LoomThe power loom was invented in 1784. made the making of textile boom because of the cotton gin and the south. -
Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was invented and could produce cotton at 50 punds a day. This made the south start profiting from cotton. -
The Louisiana Puchase
The Louisinana PurchaseThe US purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi for $15 million, which equals roughly 4 cents and acre. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and ClarkLewis and Clark start their journey across the United States to reach the Pacific ocean by land. They crossed 7,690 miles and it took 28 Months to complete. -
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Lincolns Mother dies of Milk sickness
Nancy Hanks Lincolnshe dies of milk sickness which is becoming prevelant in the country. -
Erie Canal Opens
On this day the final length of the erie canal was finished. It is 363 miles long and was dug entierly dug by hand, is 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep. and goes up and elevation of 500 feet -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass finally escapes slavery after two other failed attempts. He heads to new york to become a leader in anti-slavery movements. -
The Donner Party
The Donner PartyThe Donner party is making its voyage through the Sierra Nevadas on a trail that is almost impassable. Nearly all of the party dies and some of them turned to cannablism because they were so hungry, they had already eaten all their cattle and oxen. -
The Gold Rush
Gold RushJames Marshall was walking along the American river in California and saw flake of gold flowing in the river. This is what started the rush. More that 80,000 people traveled to California during this time. -
Minie Ball
Minie BallMonsieur Minie has invented the Minie Ball. This new Type of ammunition was deadly accurate comared to the normal ball. -
Harriet Tubman
TubmanShe made 19 trips to rescue slaves form slavery. One time she rescued 300 at once. Founded the Underground railroad. -
Uncle Toms's Cabin
Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom's Cabin was written and is said to be the second best selling book of the 19th century, following the bible. -
John Brown Attacks
John BrownJohn Brown and 21 other men have a plan to attack the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan consisted of giving the arms to the slaves to rebel against the south but none came to help. -
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Lincoln uses the Railroad and Telegraph for War
Civil war RR and TGLincoln establishes the railroad as government property and starts usins it to ship soldiers and aupplies to the front lines significantly faster than the south is able to. Lincoln also establishes Telegraph lines all along the railroads to make the interchange of messages very fast. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation ProclamationAbe Lincoln abolishes slavery with this proclamation. -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
2nd Battle of Bull RunRobert E. Lees men kill 1700 Union soldiers while they were outnumbered because they were on their own land and were more skilled. -
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Transcontinental Railroad
Crazy JudahThe railroad throught the Donner Pass has been completed. thanks to Theodore "Crazy" Judah and the hundreds of chineses immigrants it was bulit almost entirely by hand. -
Frank Mayer
Frank MayerHunts a considerable amount of buffalo all from around 200 yards, which was enough to kill it and not disturb the other buffalo. -
Cowboys
CowboysThe cowboys started to show up and heard cattle. They are a mix of ethnic groups from white, hispanic, black, german, and american indians. Drive over 3 million cattle to the railroads. -
Locust Plague
LocustsBillions of Locusts formed a swarm 1800 Miles long amd 110 Miles wide, from the Dakotas all the way to Texas. Some say that they even blocked out the sun in some cases. -
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Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison has perfected the light bulb by using a carbon filament in an oxygen free bulb, he eventually made a light bulb last for 1500 hours. -
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Thomas F. Byrnes
T.F.B. Thomas Byrnes is the Detecive Bureau cheif of New York city/ and developed the Rogues Gallery. -
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.
SearsIt all started when Richard W. Sears started to sell a box of watches to people, then it grew into a giant catalog to order things out of. -
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Jacob Riis "The Other Half"
The Other HalfHe photographs the slums of New York to show the rich people "How the other half lives." -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded KneeA man tried to stop a deaf indian from doing something and got into a scuffle and a firearm accidentaly discharged and then the rest of the soldiers procedded to fire and killed almost all the indians. -
Colonel George Waring
Col George WaringHe incorporated the sewage and waste disposal services and set the ground for modern day recyclung and waste disposal. -
Spindletop Discovery
SpindletopThis was an area in Texas that produced 3.59 million barrels of oil in its first year. 17.4 million the next year -
Model T
Henry FordThis car was made to appeal to the masses. Made cheaply but made very strong and fast. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Triangle Fire148 women and children died in this horrible workplace disaster. It was the worst workplace disaster unitl 9/11/01. -
The first assembly line
Henry FordHenry Ford implements an assembly line to help make his car faster because it was selling faster than he could manufacture it. -
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Chicago Race Riots
Race RiotsBy the time this was over 38 people were dead and 537 were injured and about 1000 rendered homeless. One time in six hours 27 blacks were beaten, seven were stabbed, and four were shot. The cops turned a blind eye to the white peoples violence while arresting every blck man they could. -
Prohibition
prohibitionThe 18th ammendment introduced a ban to alcohol making, transporting, selling, and consuming. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday, Known as the worst day in stock market history. By the end of closr the ticker had lagged behind 2 1/2 hours. Everyone was selling no one was buying. Over 16.4 million shares were sold, a new record. -
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Black Sunday Dust Storms
Black SundayThe day started out sunny but then a wall of blackness engulfed everything. Poeple compared it to getting a shovel of sand thrown in your face. -
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Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling Round 2
JL v. MSJoe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in 124 seconds. it is the second shortest heavy weight fight ever. Huge boost for America. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was attacked on this day by the Japanese at 7:53 AM and then again at 8:55 AM. It was all over by 9:55 AM. -
Women in WWII
Women in WWIIOver 6 MIllion women worked in the workforce, 3 million volunteered for the red cross and 200,000 served in the military. -
Railyard bombers
Rouen-Sotteville Yard 12 B-17 bombers set off to drop bombs on the Rouen-Sotteville Marshalling Yard. When they came back it was a successful mission, all or most of the bombs hit their target and there were no battle casualties and insignificant flak damage. -
The Jeep
The GP "Jeep" was manufactured alot during World War II. By the end of the war there were 3 rolling off the production line every minute. -
Operation Overlord
Operation OverlordThe US forces storm the beaches of Normandy. Over 1000 people die on the first day. On Omaha Beach alone over 4000 people died. Overall in the Battle of Normandy 126,000 people die, are wounded, or are missing. -
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Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project is the name of the project to build and test an atomic bomb. The first one was tested in the Alamogordo Desert. It left a crater 10ft deep and 1,100ft wide. -
Desegregation of the Military
Desegregated MilitaryPresident Harry S. Truman was the one to sign the Exectutive Order 9981 to desegregate the military. -
America Enters Vietnam War
Vietnam WarAmerica enters the war after 5 years to give aid to the French. -
Baby Boomers
Baby Boomers There were about 330 babies born every hour during this time period. there was a total of about 78.2 million babies born. -
Levittown
LevittownWilliam Levitt had a plan to create his own city in Pennsylvania. He made 17,311 houses between Routes 1 and 13. These houses were nice and were really cheap. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa ParksShe rufuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama. Which leads to the Bus Boycotts. -
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U2 Incident
U2 IncidentA U2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers was shot down near Svedlovsk, Soviet Union. This had a lasting impact on U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile CrisisThe Cuban Missile Crisis starts when reconnaissance photos show Soviet missile under construction in Cuba -
March On Washington
MoW MLKJrMartin Luther King Jr. leads the march and gives his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech. -
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Martin Luther King Jr. Killed
MLKJr KilledMLKJr is shot dead on his hotel balcony. James Earl Ray is sentenced for the crime. -
Apollo 11
Apollo HistoryThe first group of men to walk on the moon. The trip took a total of 8 days 3 hours 18 minutes. -
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Kent State
Kent State4 student were shot by members of the Ohio National Guard. This caused nationwide student strike that caused hundreds of colleges and universities to close. -
The First Email Sent
First emailRay Tomlinson sent the first email to himself from one computer to another computer right beside him. It was really just a test message -
Watergate Break-in
Watergate ScandalFive men: Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis, and James W. McCord Jr.; were all arrested inside of watergate. -
NIxon Resigns
Watergate ScandalRichard Nixon resigns due to the Watergate Scandal. The only president to resign from office. -
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The Apple I
Apple I Apple's first computer is made. It is originally delivered by hand by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. It was originally priced at $666.66. -
The Apple II
The Apple IIThe first Apple II is sold and delivered for $1295. IT came complete with a keyboard and color graphics capabilities. -
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Credit Cards
Credit CardsCredit cards become more standard and you pay over time not at the end of every month. -
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9/11/01
9/11/01There was an attack on America on this day. Two planes hit the two world trade center towers. They both collapsed after a couple hours. 2976 people died on 9/11. 19 terrorist hijacked a total of four plane,s two in the World Trade Center, one in the Pentagon, and one crashed in Pennsylvania.
