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Important dates in U. S. history

  • 1769

    1769 — Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution
  • 1770s

    1770s
    The 1770s: Declaration of Independence Colonist seeking independence for the first time
  • independance day

    independance day
    freedom became a thing
  • 1780s

    1780s
    The 1780s: Constitution of the United States of America created a government to improve itself.
  • 1800s

    The 1800s: Louisiana Purchase was a land deal for the united states to France.
  • 1810

    1810
    The 1810s: Battle of New Orleans President going to war with British forces.
  • 1830s

    1830s
    The 1830s: Era of the Common Man Andrew Jackson had begun his term for the president.
  • 1854

    1854 — Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
  • 1866

    1866 — The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
  • 1872

    1872 — The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
  • 1870s

    Battle of the bighorn warriors being led
  • 1905

    1905 — The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
  • 1916

    1916 — US Congress created the National Park Service
  • Women gaining rights 1925

    Women gaining  rights 1925
    women having rights 1925
  • world war 2

    world war 2
    1939 German invading Poland
  • Whiskey rebellion 1790s

    The 1790s: Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest and ended in 1794.