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Columbus discovers the New World 1492

nrblevins — 2023-08-30 14:44:58 UTC

Although Christopher Columbus was not the first to "discover" the new world, he was the first to step foot on it from Europe. The Vikings were the first group to find America and settle there for a while. Christopher Columbus made landfall on what is now The Bahamas. Many other ships so called "invaded" America with Christopher Columbus in his fleet. This was what some people now call Columbus day.

Conquest of Tenochtitlan 1521

nrblevins — 2023-08-30 14:55:16 UTC

It didn't take long for Tenochtitlan to fall, around 2 months. The enemy was ruthless. Aztec was now in the Spanish's hands. A man named Hernán Cortés was now in charge. This would actually change America for the forever future.

Roanoke Settlement 1585

nrblevins — 2023-08-30 14:56:09 UTC

Roanoke was the first English colony in the new world. Lead by Sir Walter Raleigh, the settlement did not last long. Theories on why this happened are still up in the air, but just a year after they left, they re-established the settlement. But yet again they left without leaving a footprint on why.

King Philip’s War 1675-1678

nrblevins — 2023-08-30 15:05:06 UTC

New England Natives and New England colonists. The reason for the war was to drive out the colonists once and for all. It is considered the deadliest war America has ever seen. It backfired and the colonists won the war after 3 years. King Philip was killed, and the colonists took over once and for all.

Bacon’s Rebellion 1676-1677

nrblevins — 2023-08-30 15:10:52 UTC

After a man named Nathanial Bacon was denied to drive the rest of the Native American Indians out of Virginia by a man named William Berkeley, a war started between them. Bacon started a rebellion against Colonial Governor William Berkeley. It showed the challenge to a royal force against the population. Eventually, the royal force was able to defeat the rebels an entire year later. In my opinion, it shouldn't take that long for a royal force to defeat rebels.

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French and Indian War

nrblevins — 2023-09-14 12:54:32 UTC

(1754–1763) Hello 👋
A seven year war between the American colonies of the British Empire. They were against the French. Various Native American tribes supported both sides. This war was to determine who controlled the majority of the American colonies.

Boston Tea Party

nrblevins — 2023-09-14 12:56:47 UTC

(December 16, 1773) Hola! 👋
Formed and carried out by The Sons of Liberty, the Boston Tea Party was a protest against the taxes on tea. They threw 342 crates/chests/barrels (whatever you want to call them) overboard a chip. 60 American colonists participated in this event. This then lead to the Intolerable Act by the British.

First Continental Congress

nrblevins — 2023-09-14 12:56:55 UTC

(September 5 and October 26, 1774) Ciao👋
Delegates from only 12/13 colonies game to discuss the future of America. The also discussed Britain's aggression towards them. Please note that only 12/13 of the colonies met up. Georgia was the colony that did not show up.

Declaration of Independence

nrblevins — 2023-09-14 12:57:00 UTC

(July 4th, 1776) Aloha 👋
The day America was born. The Second Continental Congress was the birth place of the document. 56 delegates signed it. Thus, America was born.

Shay’s Rebellion

nrblevins — 2023-09-14 12:57:06 UTC

(August 1786–February 1787) Olá 👋
Shays' Rebellion was an equipped rebellion in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in reaction to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in resistance to the state government's expanded endeavors to gather charges on both people and their trades.

Constitutional Convention

nrblevins — 2023-09-14 12:57:12 UTC

(May 25 - September 17, 1787) Chibai 👋
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia. In spite of the fact that the tradition was expecting to revise the alliance of states and to begin with framework of government beneath the Articles of Confederation, the deliberate from the start of numerous of its defenders, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of Unused York, was to form a new Outline of Government instead of settle the existing one.

Washington’s Farewell Address

nrblevins — 2023-09-14 12:57:20 UTC

(September 19, 1796) Allinllachu 👋
Washington admonished Americans to set aside their rough likes and dislikes of foreign countries, or they be controlled by their interests:
“The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.”

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Plessy v. Ferguson

nrblevins — 2023-11-03 17:38:18 UTC

In 1896, a Supreme Court law ruled that racial segregation laws didn't violate the US constitution. This was because of a doctrine called the "separate but equal" doctrine.

Haymarket Riot of 1886

nrblevins — 2023-11-06 14:38:06 UTC

Occurring on May 4th, the riot was originally a protest better working conditions and hours. Soon, an unknown person threw a bomb at the police. At least 8 people were killed as a result of all the fighting and the bomb. It was a setback for labor movements.

Homestead Strike of 1892

nrblevins — 2023-11-06 14:38:14 UTC

The Carnegie Steel Company discharged workers that were in the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Union. After this occurred, the people who were discharged went down to the company and fought aggressively. There was a "bloody confrontation ensued between the workers and the hired Pinkerton security guards." This killed 16 people.

Pullman Strike of 1894

nrblevins — 2023-11-06 14:38:24 UTC

From May 11, to July 20, the strike was a turning point for US labor laws. It stopped the railroad production with the American Railroad Union against the Pullman Company. The main companies, the main unions, and the main Government.

The Jungle written (what the hell does this mean)

nrblevins — 2023-11-06 14:38:35 UTC

Released in 1905, it was released as a serial in "The appeal to reason" and then fully released as a book in '06. Due to the book, meat sales dropped. It also issued new federal food laws.

USS Maine Destroyed

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:40:30 UTC

The U.S. didn't exactly blame Spain for the explosion, but it was the American press that went with the naval mine theory since it was ostensibly in Spain's waters that the explosion happened

Spanish-American War

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:40:40 UTC

America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.

Boxer Rebellion

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:40:48 UTC

An anti-imperialist movement which sought to expel foreigners from China and end the system of foreign concessions and treaty ports.

Sinking of the Luisitania

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:40:59 UTC

A British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War

WW1

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:41:01 UTC

A global conflict from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between two coalitions: the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.

Roaring 20's

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:41:08 UTC

1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western society and Western culture.

Great Depression

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:41:15 UTC

An economic shock that affected most countries across the world.

The New Deal

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:41:22 UTC

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938.

WW2

nrblevins — 2023-12-09 00:41:25 UTC

A global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

Murder of Emmett Till

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:00 UTC

August 1955 two Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, for whistling at a white woman; their acquittal and boasting of the atrocity spur the civil rights cause.

Greensboro Sit Ins

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:04 UTC

February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum—in Greensboro, North Carolina,[1] which led to the F. W. Woolworth Company department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.

March on Washington

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:09 UTC

It was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.

Assassination of JFK

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:14 UTC

November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.

Assassination of MLK Jr.

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:20 UTC

MLK was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

Civil Rights Act of 1968

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:26 UTC

Prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, (and as amended) handicap and family status.

US Withdraws from Vietnam

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:30 UTC

March 29, 1973, the last U.S. military unit left Vietnam.

Watergate Scandal

nrblevins — 2023-12-14 19:50:35 UTC

A major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation.

Iran-Contra Affair

nrblevins — 2024-01-09 02:06:00 UTC

a trade agreement signed in 1994 between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, aiming to eliminate barriers to trade and investment and promote economic cooperation in North America.

NAFTA

nrblevins — 2024-01-09 02:06:08 UTC

a global military and political campaign initiated by the United States in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, aimed at combating terrorism and its sponsors around the world.

Clinton Impeachment

nrblevins — 2024-01-09 02:06:14 UTC

centered on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice related to his extramarital affair

Bush v Gore

nrblevins — 2024-01-09 02:06:20 UTC

The 2000 U.S. presidential election, marked by a controversial recount in Florida, legal battles culminating in the Supreme Court's decision to stop the recount, and Bush's ultimate victory despite losing the popular vote.

War on Terror

nrblevins — 2024-01-09 02:06:25 UTC

a political scandal in the 1980s involving the covert sale of weapons to Iran by the U.S. government to fund Nicaraguan Contra rebels, leading to Congressional investigations and convictions.

The Patriot Act

nrblevins — 2024-01-09 02:06:31 UTC

a U.S. law passed in response to the 9/11 attacks, granting expanded surveillance and law enforcement powers to the government in the name of national security and counterterrorism efforts.