Eighth grade social studies

  • Year-1000- Vikings

    Year-1000- Vikings
    the vikings who discovered the americas were led by Leif Erickson but they left no discoveries or housing because of the conflict that was going on.
  • 15th Century Exploring

    15th Century Exploring
    the famous marco polo come from the americas to reveal to us about how amazing it was by what he discovered, such as spices and silks.
  • year- 1584-1590: the lost colony (Roanoke)

    year- 1584-1590: the lost colony (Roanoke)
    Sir Walter Raleigh made the first voyage to Roanoke but it failed. Then they made another voyage and succeeded with families and the ship was controlled by John White. They made it there and made a colony but when he came back from getting supplies everyone was gone and they craved 3 letters into a tree.
  • Year- 1607-1636- 13 Colonies

    Year- 1607-1636- 13 Colonies
    Connecticut-1636- religious freedom
    Rhode Island-1636- religious freedom
    Massachusetts-1630- puritans wanted to get help to get away
    New Hampshire-1622- to have a fishing colony
    Delaware-1638-to trade and explore
    Pennsylvania-1682-to make profit
    New jersey-1664-wanted land
    new York-1626-to trade
    Maryland-1632- religious freedom for Catholics
    Virginia-1607-find a middle passage way
    North Carolina-1653-expand land
    South Carolina-1663 for trade and land
    Georgia-1732- opportunity for people in debt
  • Year-1492- Christopher Columbus

    Year-1492- Christopher Columbus
    Christopher columbus was the famous man who wanted to reah asia but in the end went to americas and thought it was asia even though it was not. He discovered a lot in the americas, he also made it possible that you can sail across the atlantic ocean he also did other voyages with different ships from the royal leaders.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    1. 1765
    2. as a revenue source/ or money source for the war that went on
    3. newspapers, legal documents, and calender's
    4. yes in 1766.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    1. march 5th 1770.
    2. tensions were rising between the organazation of the sons of liberty and the british. the british wanted to stop them at any length. one day they were being patrotic and were throwing things at a group. then fifty people were killed by guns being shot. 3.Paul revere
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty
    1. american colonists.
    2. samuel adams
    3. to fight taxation
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    1. April 5th, 1764
    2. to raise revenue/money for the war
    3. yes in 1766
  • No taxation without representation

    No taxation without representation
    1. means that they should have an actual voting for the taxes like with legislators instead of being taxed without vote.
  • Boston tea Party

    Boston tea Party
    1. December 16, 1773
    2. The people were tired of being taxed on tea. they had took all the tea they had and dumped it in the ocean. After that the two sides were closer to war.
    3. John Adams and the sons of liberty
  • Coercive acts

    Coercive acts
    1. The Intolerable Acts
    2. 1774
    3. To punish massachusetts and set an example.
  • Boston Port Act

    Boston Port Act
    1. To punish the colonists of america and to prove there point.
  • Quartering act

    Quartering act
    1. helps provide housing and resources for the british so there able to live.
  • Edenton Tea Party

    Edenton Tea Party
    1. it was a female protest organization.
    2. to stop buying tea because of the tax the British put on it.
  • First continental congress

    First continental congress
    1. Met to make up a plan to go against the British rule because of all the taxation.
  • April 18, 1775 the shot heard around the world

    April 18, 1775 the shot heard around the world
    The British were going to take away the colonists weapons but somebody on either team we don't know who but fired there gun and it was known as the starting point for the revolutionary war.
  • April 19, 1775 Battle of concord and lexington

    April 19, 1775 Battle of concord and lexington
    The first battle fault in the american revolution. the americans won
  • Battle of saratoga September 19th 1777

    Battle of saratoga September 19th 1777
    battle was important because it showed the french that the Americans could actually win the revolution against the British, this resulted in the support of the french for the Americans in this world.
  • battle of yorktown

    battle of yorktown
    last battle fought in the american revolution and the americas won the revolutionary war.
  • Articles of Confederation november 1777

    Articles of Confederation november 1777
    The articles told us how to run our government but our biggest issue with the articles was that there was only one branch of government for the entire body.