https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx en-us 2021-04-20 14:25:22 UTC 2025-12-28 20:16:10 UTC hello@padlet.com macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438189383 A global conflict that spanned five continents, though it was known in America as the “French and Indian War.” The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent]]> 2021-04-20 14:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438189383 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438198730 The American Revolution was an epic political and military struggle, it happened when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rule. With the assistance of France, the American colonies were able to defeat the British, achieve independence and form the United States of America.]]> 2021-04-20 14:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438198730 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438292355 British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests. This helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence, while the dead rioters became martyrs for liberty.]]> 2021-04-20 14:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438292355 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438301184 Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax. It fueled the tension that had already begun between Britain and America.]]> 2021-04-20 15:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438301184 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438314476 George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors.This was the only U.S. presidential election that spanned two calendar years

]]> 2021-04-20 15:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438314476 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438327479 The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These amendments guarantee essential rights and civil liberties.]]> 2021-04-20 15:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438327479 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438346467 The acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France. It doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically.]]> 2021-04-20 15:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438346467 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438356724 A French-British dispute that got the U.S. involved with the French while the Native Americans joined the British side.The end of the war brought changes to America. Nationalism grew throughout America and the Federalist party came to an end with the Hartford Convention following the war.]]> 2021-04-20 15:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438356724 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438362720 This compromise proposed by Henry Clay was to maintain sectional balance and allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state while Maine entered free. This bill set the tome for congressional actions prior to the Civil War.]]> 2021-04-20 15:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438362720 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438369059 thousands of Cherokees and other Indians were forcefully marched to Oklahoma territory under the supervision of the U.S. army. This act against the Indians contradicted the views that Jacksonites had of themselves in that they complied with the protection of individual rights.]]> 2021-04-20 15:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438369059 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438376316 Texas declared their independence from the Mexican government. Texas wanted to be annexed but the U.S. government declined for the fear that it might upset the Mexican government. ]]> 2021-04-20 15:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438376316 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438387201 One of the most momentous religious movements in American history. It began around 1800 and it converted souls, reorganized churches and created new sects.]]> 2021-04-20 15:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438387201 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438395225 Concessions were made in both the North and the South following the Mexican American War. It admitted California as a free state and restricted slave trade in Washington D.C., appealing to the North.]]> 2021-04-20 15:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438395225 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438403969 A series of battles fought between the Northern Union and the Southern Confederation. It ended with the confederate surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse. The Union victory allowed for abolishment of slavery. It also provided inspiration to the champions of democracy all over the world.]]> 2021-04-20 15:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438403969 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438411607 Following the Civil War the North took it upon themselves to Reconstruct the south. The compromise was to take the Union troops out of the south thus ending the Age of Reconstruction. This led America into the Gilded Age and also led to an end in the Republican party in the South for almost a hundred years.

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]]> 2021-04-20 15:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438431777 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438448380 U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany  and Austria-Hungary three years after conflict began in 1914.the infusion of American troops and resources into the western front finally tipped the scale in the Allies' favor.]]> 2021-04-20 15:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438448380 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438465577 A international organization founded after the Paris Peace Conference. Wilson desired to create a system that would keep future wars from happening, as well as promoting a U.S. vision of democracy and peace. He believed that the best way to accomplish this goal was through the creation of an international organization called the League of Nations.

]]> 2021-04-20 15:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438465577 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438470992 The worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.]]> 2021-04-20 15:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438470992 macartymcqueen https://padlet.com/macartymcqueen/2fl564y4dn5moolx/wish/1438475881 After the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on the American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the U.S. was thrust into World War II, and everyday life across the country was dramatically altered. Food, gas and clothing were rationed. Communities conducted scrap metal drives.

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