The making of a nation by https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq en-us 2023-02-22 10:36:33 UTC 2023-02-24 08:53:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 1492: Discovery of the US https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492170383 2023-02-23 07:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492170383 1773: Boston Tea Party https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492175184 2023-02-23 07:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492175184 4. July 1776: Independence Day https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492175623 2023-02-23 07:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492175623 1775-1783: War against Britain https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492176456 2023-02-23 07:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492176456 1787: Constitution is written https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492176819 2023-02-23 07:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492176819 1776: Thomas Jefferson proclaims that Americans are born with the unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492178511 2023-02-23 07:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492178511 1931 the term American Dream is coined by James Turslow Adams https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492180021 2023-02-23 07:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492180021 Currently: While for many Us citizens the dream is still alive, for many others it is an illusion or has even turned into a nightmare https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492181333 2023-02-23 07:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492181333 1791 guarantees of religious freedom, freedom of speech and equal rights for all all Americans, regardless of their background https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492182609 2023-02-23 07:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492182609 1865 slavery is abolished https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492183557 2023-02-23 07:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492183557 1950 - 1960 the Civil Rights Movement achieves equal rights for freed slaves https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492184827 2023-02-23 07:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492184827 1955 Martin Luther King Jr. organizes the Montgomery bus boycott https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492187230 2023-02-23 07:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492187230 April 4th 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492195089 2023-02-23 07:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492195089 2008 first black president of the US https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492196186 2023-02-23 07:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492196186 2017 the mee too campaign is founded https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492197604 2023-02-23 07:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492197604 1600 colonists from Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and France begin to arrive in America https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492200408 2023-02-23 07:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492200408 1770 the original 13 British colonies are formed https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492201462 2023-02-23 07:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492201462 1770 the British colonists refuse to pay the high taxes for certain goods https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492202044 2023-02-23 07:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492202044 17th century European settlers come to America for many reasons such as the desire to escape poverty or political and economic oppression https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492204024 2023-02-23 07:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492204024 Early 17th century African immigrants are transported against their will https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492205569 2023-02-23 07:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492205569 1807 Atlantic slave trade put the slaves to work on sugar, cotton and tobacco plantations or as servants https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492206309 2023-02-23 07:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492206309 mid 19th century: peak period of immigration (particularly Germans and Irish immigrants) https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492207894 2023-02-23 07:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492207894 1782 the word "melting pot" is first used by John de Crevecoeur https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492209010 2023-02-23 07:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492209010 1970 the metaphor "melting pot" has been replaced by the idea of multicultural and diverse America (Salad Bowl) https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492210421 2023-02-23 07:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/unimportantinsuranceindustries/mbwe0fnl8f1kpnsq/wish/2492210421