Top 10 important facts......?

Question

hey! for school i have to make a time-line of what I think are the top ten most important, influential, and/or significant events in the history of the United States. They can be as important as a War or something random like canned soup. I just wanted to get what other peoples ideas are. Thank You. Please help!

Answer 1

do sumtin that will bring your teachers attention sum one else going to  do sumtin on war, or the british etc... do sumtin like the first 10 states in america  do ten facts on louis and clark that will catch her eyes  

Answer 2

Oh there are so many!  Just to name a few:

Founding of the first permanent settlement

Declaration of Independence/ American Revolution

Election of Abraham Lincoln/ Civil War/ Assassination - Reconstruction

Development of the light bulb / Moving Pictures

WWI

Development of Pasteurization

Development of Henry Ford's Assembly Line

Great Depression / Dust Bowl

Pearl Harbor / WWII

Election of John F. Kennedy / Cuban Missile Crisis - Bay of Pigs / Assassination

Civil Rights Movement/ Assassinations of Black Leaders

Vietnam War

1970s Oil Crisis / Embargo

Women's lib

Answer 3

Facts about each U. S. State

http://www.50states.com/facts/

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/indystates.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/sta...

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/m...

Countries, Facts & Figures.

http://countrystudies.us/

http://www.nationbynation.com/

http://www.factmonster.com/countries.htm...

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications...

History of Nations

This site has a history of every nation in the world as well as many  non-sovereign territories.  Each country is covered by a brief essay which gives the highlights of each nation's history.

http://www.historyofnations.net/

Answer 4

The finding of the flying frog.

The finding of the flying squirrel.

The finding of the flying penguin

the finding of the flying lock ness monster

the finding of theflying big foot

the finding of flying MONEY

the finding of the flying ufo's

the finding of the flying birds

the finding og the flying cat

the finding of the flying Gearge Washington.

Last butt NOT least the invention of the atomatic toilet :D

i added an extra one for extra credit :D

thats what ill do:D OoOoOoOo

Answer 5

American Revolution

Signing of Declaration of Independence

Creation of the Bill of Rights

Louisiana Purchase

Louis and Clark Exploration of the West

Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation

WWI

WWII

Cold War

These are not necessarily listed in order. Or maybe they are...

Hope I helped! ;P

Answer 6

A.D. 1000

Norse seaman Leif Ericsson lands in Newfoundland, which he calls Vinland.    

1492  

Christopher Columbus, financed by Spain, makes the first of four voyages to the New World. He lands in the Bahamas (Oct. 12).



1513  

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lands on the coast of Florida.    

1565  

Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, becomes the first permanent European colony in North America.  

1607

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia

1619

The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia (July 30 o.s.).

The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown (summer).  

1620

The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England (Dec. 11 o.s.).

Before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower, 41 male passengers sign the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government.

1650

Colonial population is estimated at 50,400.  

1664 English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York (Sept.).  

1752 Britain and the British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar (Sept. 2).  

1754–1763

French and Indian War:

Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America.

The British win a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec (Sept. 13, 1759)

Treaty of Paris (signed Feb. 10, 1763), formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.  

1770

Boston Massacre: British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests (March 5).

1773

Boston Tea Party: 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 (Dec. 16).    

1774

First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adams (Sept. 5–Oct. 26).  

1775–1783

American Revolution: War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass., between the British Army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war (April 19, 1775).

Battle-weary and destitute Continental army spends brutally cold winter and following spring at Valley Forge, Pa. (Dec. 19, 1777–June 19, 1778).

British general Charles Cornwallis surrenders to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, Va. (Oct. 19, 1781).

Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in the Treaty of Paris, which officially brings the war to a close (Sept. 3, 1783).  

1776

Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia (July 4).    

1777

Continental Congress approves the first official flag of the United States (June 14).

Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, the first U.S. constitution (Nov. 15).    

1786

Shays's Rebellion erupts (Aug.); farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failure to pay.  

1787

Constitutional Convention, made up of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies, meets in Philadelphia to draft the U.S. Constitution (May–Sept.).  

1789

George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors (Feb. 4).

U.S. Constitution goes into effect, having been ratified by nine states (March 4).

Washington is inaugurated as president at Federal Hall in New York City (April 30).  

1790

U.S. Supreme Court meets for the first time at the Merchants Exchange Building in New York City (Feb. 2).

The court, made up of one chief justice and five associate justices, hears its first case in 1792.

The nation's first census shows that the population has climbed to nearly 4 million.  

1791

First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified (Dec. 15).  

1793

Washington's second inauguration is held in Philadelphia (March 4). Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin greatly increases the demand for slave labor.    

1797

John Adams is inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia (March 4).  

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