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History class timeline 2016-2017

  • The declaration of independence

    The declaration of independence
    This is when the congress declared independence, and said the laws were going to be made by the people instead of a king. This is important because how it heavily impacts the United States of America, mainly with how it caused a war with England. We win this war, and then this nation has still lasted for over two hundred years.
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase
    In 1803 The president Thomas Jefferson made a deal with France to buy Louisiana for $15 million. This had a huge impact on us because it double are size of are nation back then also giving us lots of farmland. But the main reason it was important geographically was we got the Mississippi river out of it, and it was the essential reason for America growing so quickly.
  • The End of the Texan revolutionary war

    The End of the Texan revolutionary war
    This is more important then just a civil war because this i how we got the second biggest state Texas. This happened in Texas when the people in Texas didn't want to pay taxes to Mexico, and then America came and made Texas a part of America.
  • The Start of the California Gold Rush

    The Start of the California Gold Rush
    This is when we stumbled upon lots of gold in the west causing Americans, Mexicans and more to move west in the desire of wealth. This is important because it created jobs and wealth for Americans.
  • The attack of Fort Sumter

    The attack of Fort Sumter
    It is when confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter causing the civil war. The confederates later on declare the south to be rebelling. This causes the states to have to choose sides for who they will fight with in the civil war confederates or patriots.
  • Brown vs board of education.

    Brown vs board of education.
    This is when a young African American girl had travel across a town to go to school, but then sued so she can go to a school closer to home. This later caused school to be forced to desegregate. This is important because it causes America to be a fair and not segregated country.
  • When Martin Luther King Jr. died

    When Martin Luther King Jr. died
    This is the day one of the best leaders America has ever seen died. This helped ending racism across America leaving a country of racism evolving into greatness live on. This important because it impacted all of the future generations in America not caring if your an African American or Muslim.
  • Death of Elvis Presley

    Death of Elvis Presley
    He was a famous rock'n roll star in the 1950's. This shocked everyone considering he died on a toilet from a heart attack. This is important because he was one of the biggest rock stars ever.
  • Video games saved in North America by NES

    Video games saved in North America by NES
    As you may already know the Atari was one of the first video game consoles for your house, but it crashed some time in 1983.This caused people to wonder if video games were going to come back to home consoles. But in 1985 they test launched it in the fall being a huge success, and released it officially in February 1986. This is important cause it caused video game consoles to be in nearly every household in America, and still continue to make new types of consoles to this day.
  • The attack on the twin towers

    The attack on the twin towers
    On this day terrorist attacked and destroyed the global trade center. This attack killed about 3000 Americans. This important because the terrorist attack had huge impact on the world scaring people across the face of the Earth.
  • The day of my birth

    The day of my birth
    This is the day the world was introduced to Nathan Vreeland. This important because with out me you wouldn't be reading this.
  • The day the I phone was released to the public

    The day the I phone was released to the public
    This is when this type of phone changed the world with this new type of phone. This was one thing that changed the image of a phone and a would a phone could do then, and impacted the phones of the future. This event is important because how it helped change are world, made it easier to contact people than ever before.
  • The Day that Pokemon Go came out

    The Day that Pokemon Go came out
    This is pretty recent but it had impacted a whole generation. This was because the game forced you to actually explore, and some people did stupid things while playing the game. But it is important because, the game got everyone off of games like call of duty, and helped people exercise while having fun.