American History Map by Sana Dighe _ Student - SalemMS

New Orleans, LA

spdighe — 2025-08-28 16:13:38 UTC

It was founded by the French and ruled by them for a period of time until being aquired by the US from the Louisiana purchase.

New Amsterdam (around there somewhere)

spdighe — 2025-08-28 16:18:48 UTC

The English took this place from the Dutch and named it New York.

Jamestown, VA

spdighe — 2025-08-28 16:21:37 UTC

first English settlement in North America

Charleston, SC

spdighe — 2025-08-28 16:26:19 UTC

It was the American's first major victory in the Revolutionary War and was also a major point in the slave trade because it was a port city.

Philadelphia, PA

spdighe — 2025-08-28 16:30:42 UTC

The Declaration of independance was adopted here on July 4th, 1776

Lexington, MA

spdighe — 2025-09-11 19:26:39 UTC

the first battles of the revolutionary war happened here as well as concord

Yorktown, VA

spdighe — 2025-09-11 19:28:29 UTC

french and american troops blocked the sea so the British couldn't escape in this battle

Saratoga, NY

spdighe — 2025-09-11 19:30:04 UTC

two battles occurred there in 1777

Louisiana

spdighe — 2025-09-29 15:23:42 UTC

Territory until the canada border was aquired from the louisiana purchase

Missouri line compromise/missouri

spdighe — 2025-09-29 15:25:28 UTC

(Im putting it here as a general location) divided the states into where slavery was allowed and where slavery was prohibited

Maine

spdighe — 2025-09-29 15:27:03 UTC

in the missouri compromise, Maine was a free state

Erie Canal, New York

spdighe — 2025-09-29 15:29:17 UTC

man-made waterway that cut down the cost of transportation and stuff

Delaware

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:10:10 UTC

border state

Maryland

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:10:25 UTC

border state

Kentucky

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:10:40 UTC

border state

Missouri

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:11:44 UTC

Border states. They were states that remained in the Union

Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:13:33 UTC

(I went there) First battle of the Civil war in 1861, april 12th

Gettysburg, PA

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:15:45 UTC

Bloodiest battle of the Civil war in 1863, defeated the Confederates and yeah

Bleeding Kansas

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:18:43 UTC

A violent conflict between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers because of the Kansas-Nebraska act

Wilmington, NC

spdighe — 2025-10-21 15:22:45 UTC

Massacre where a White supremacist group killed many Black People and overthrew the multiracial government at least thats what PBS is telling me

Promontory, UT

spdighe — 2025-11-07 16:54:32 UTC

Gold spike driven here to commemorate the transcontinental railroad

Ellis Island

spdighe — 2025-11-07 16:55:39 UTC

an immigration station from 1892 to 1924

Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, NY

spdighe — 2025-11-07 16:56:55 UTC

Triangle Shirtwaist fire that killed 146 workers, mostly young women

Hawaii

spdighe — 2025-11-27 16:41:15 UTC

the US annexed Hawaii in 1959 i think

Philippines

spdighe — 2025-11-27 16:45:59 UTC

the US colonized the Philippines in 1898

Puerto Rico

spdighe — 2025-11-27 16:50:35 UTC

US territory

Alaska

spdighe — 2025-11-27 16:52:54 UTC

was bought from Russia for really cheap

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

spdighe — 2025-11-27 16:53:34 UTC

where bombs were dropped by Japan on the US, making them enter the war

Normandy, France

spdighe — 2025-11-27 16:54:15 UTC

D-Day happened here. I forgot what it was.

Okinawa, Japan

spdighe — 2025-11-30 16:22:17 UTC

a major battle of WW2 was fought here

Hiroshima, Japan

spdighe — 2025-11-30 16:24:12 UTC

one of the atomic bombs was dropped in this city

Berlin, Germany

spdighe — 2025-12-19 16:33:44 UTC

Was divided in Democratic and Socialist Berlin

Vietnam

spdighe — 2025-12-19 16:37:06 UTC

Vietnam war was a proxy war

Cuba

spdighe — 2025-12-19 16:39:34 UTC

i genuinely dont know

Turkiye

spdighe — 2025-12-19 16:42:18 UTC

proxy war probably happened here. Oh wait I remember. US sent supplies to Turkiye

Incheon, South Korea

spdighe — 2025-12-19 16:46:06 UTC

i.... forgot

World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York, NY

spdighe — 2026-01-09 13:51:42 UTC

uhhh 9/11 happened here

Montreal, QC, Canada

spdighe — 2026-01-09 13:53:25 UTC

the montreal protocol lists substances that deplete the ozone layer

Kyoto, Japan

spdighe — 2026-01-09 13:55:00 UTC

kyoto protocol for like climate change or smth

Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

spdighe — 2026-01-09 13:55:53 UTC

US navy station in cuba

Afghanistan

spdighe — 2026-01-09 13:57:02 UTC

Taliban, a militant organization. i dont have the brain power for this