Most Important Events In American History

The revered and respected first president, George Washington, gave the US hope during one of its most difficult times. Using the events and circumstances of his life to learn and advance his position, he grew from humble beginnings into a legend. George Washington had a valuable, well-rounded education from ages seven to fifteen, studying all the subjects (Nevins and Graff). Due to his father’s death, George grew up under the supervision of his half-brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon, learning many lessons and developing thoughts, actions, and manners he used later in life (Nevins and Graff). He worked as a surveyor for his first career and learned the benefits of hard work, endurance, and resourcefulness (Nevins and Graff). After Lawrence died, George took over running the family plantation and found farming an honorable, delectable, amusing, and profitable occupation (Nevins and Graff). Standing six feet tall with broad shoulders, Washington cultivated a lavish lifestyle of dancing, cards, billiards, and hunting as a prominent and active member in his community and church (Nevins and Graff). George Washington started his military career in November of 1752, and in 1755 he took the position as commander of all the Virginian troops at the young age of 23 years (Nevins and Graff). Washington desired more honor and respect than he received, so he resigned from the military in the fall of 1758 full of frustration (Nevins and Graff). War moved slowly, troops did not receive enough

June 1755, George Washington Became Commander in Chief but to many patriots he was much more than the Commander in Chief. He became the calm voice to those who needed it, George Washington was known to be strongly determined and held a heavy load of the patriotic duty to country. George Washington was the real backbone into the Revolution war and kept it from going under during the hardships and unexpected trials and tribulations that occurred during the long years of war. Without General Washington as the commander and chief, it’s believed that the unthinkable and imaginable could never have succeeded. His faith in the cause and his devotion to the ideals it embodied made him the symbol of America — the spirit of the Revolution. http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/george2.html

From 1803 through 1850 westward expansion was occuring in the U.S. bringing a variety of issues along with the expansion of the country. As a result of westward expansion, Native Americans were being forced to leave their homes that their ancestors had lived on for thousands of years along with tensions increasing between the abolitionist North and the pro-slavery South due to slavery as well. Although many people were against slavery, white Americans still saw themselves as superior to other minorities including Native Americans and African Americans. During Westward Expansion from 1803-1850 “all men created equal” didn’t include anyone other than wealthy white men due to, Native Americans being removed and forced off their ancestral lands, and African Americans inferiorly viewed as property of white men because of their ethnicity.

In the Introduction lesson, it recapped events prior to 1865. Events such as the birth of The United States of America in 1776, with a constitution put into place in 1789. During this period of time, the U.S had some great presidents and some not so great ones. Three major events happened, the War of 1812, to prove our independence to England, the Jacksonian Democracy, which caused political rifts between people, especially about slavery. Slavery divided the country apart, eleven Southern states wanted out of the U.S, resulting in a Civil War, in which President Lincoln, forced all the states to stay together. After the Civil War, it left the country in pieces, the Reconstruction era occurred from 1865-1877, to attempt to shape the country

Although the American Revolution is primarily regarded as the greatest turning point in history, it wasn’t. The American Revolution is often imagined and portrayed as a unification of all American colonists against the British in order to free themselves from the British authority. However, it was a war against the British supported only by some Americans, many of whom did not actually participate in the front lines. Despite that, Americans liberated themselves from British control because of their help from France and the fact that the British soldiers were not at all enthusiastic when fighting the Americans. The American Revolution was ultimately a turning point in American history because of the change in ruling powers from the British kings

In this lesson, I have learned more about one of the most important presidency in America's history. To start with, I learned it was one of the most important because of the events that took place. Jackson was president from 1828-1836, during in which time, Whigs referred to the president as King Andrew because he pretended he ruled all like a dictator or king would do. Jackson dealt with many issues during his two terms. One issue he wanted resolved, more like gone, was the National Bank. He despised this bank, mainly because he lost money because of it putting smaller banks out of money. He had a new treasury building be built where he could keep an eye on everyone's money. This is a smart idea because there should be something or someone keeping track of everyone's money at all to ensure no one loses it especially when it is at no fault of their own. Another issue that arose is tariffs that are put on goods. In 1832, the President and Congress raised taxes and people, mainly from the south are outraged. South Carolina attempted to nullify this tariff, it did not work well for them. President Jackson ordered them to be a part of it or he would make them.

I think the most important event in U.S. History is The Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War began with the battles of Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts On April 19, 1775. On July 4, 1776 The Americans declared independence from Britain in the Declaration of Independence which fanned the flames for the war. A huge turning point for the Americans was The Battles of Saratoga Which got other countries involved in the war to help the Americans. The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was the Battle of Yorktown where the Americans ultimately ended the war except for small battles because of unheard word of the war being over. On September 3, 1983 The Treaty of Paris was signed discussing a few agreements between America and Britain. This event is so important because it pretty much started the American country. This gave people living there a sense of nationality or pride for their country. The Revolutionary is very important to U.S. history and is pretty much what started our country.

Sometimes a boss can be really hard on a particular employee. They may seem to just pick on them such as giving them the hard work or just being very demanding and rude to them. The boss can only act like that for a certain amount of time before the employee finally decides to do something about it. They can do something simple like just leaving the job, or if they get extremely frustrated, they can do something to get their boss back for everything. This was the case between America, the employee, and Britain, the boss, in the late 1700s. Britain was being extremely harsh on America, Boston especially, for quite some time, and Boston eventually had enough of it. Boston reacted on December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans to aboard ships from the East India Tea Company and dumped over 300 chests of their tea into the Boston Harbor. This cost Britain over $1,000,000 in American currency today (History.com). This act is now known as the Boston Tea Party. This act did a lot more for America than one might think. It was the largest act of rebellion they did to date because of how much it cost Britain. It really made Britain mad and it raised the tension between the two putting war that much closer. This massive act also gave a lot of confidence to America because they now saw themselves as being closer to equals. They were not just a “baby brother”

First up in the number one spot is the American Revolution. I think that the American Revolution is easily one of the most important events in U.S. history. The patriots (Americans) beat the greatest military force at the time. The americans, under enormous amounts of pressure to win the war pulled through and wrecked the British. This set the look that America was a force to be reckoned with. Britain created some acts, the acts annoyed the Americans, so they fought for independence. I think this event is number one because it was the birth of our beautiful country.

I think the very most important event in American history is the Revolutionary War. We did not agree with how England was treating us so we took action. It is the most important event because that is when America became independent from Great Britain. This war lead to the Declaration of Independence which officially said we were our own nation. Without this war we would still be a part of England and we would not be the country we have become today.

The American revolution, the most important historical event for Americans.There are many events happening, the most important ones are the French and Indian war,the stamp act,the tea act,declaration of independence and when Washington crosses Delaware river.These events that are mentioned above are very important,which most Americans are familiar with.

If I can choose to go back in time and be an eyewitness to an event in American History between 1800 to 1877. I can go to U.S. History spark charts 1492 to 1877 and A brief summary of American History, Part 1: 1492-1877.

I believe that the next biggest event in US history is Independence day, or July 4th 1776. Independence day is the day America finally broke off from Britain. This was when America declared independence.

Independence of America was the most important event in U.S history was the Independence of America! We had always celebrated the 4th of july! We celebrate it because of America’s Independence from Britain! When britain discovered the “New Land” britain immediately sent out the people to make a colonie out in the “New Land”! That was known for the 13 colonies! The british just won the “French and Indian War” Or the “Seven Years War” they became in great debt! So they started to raise their taxes and began to have all these “Acts”! Finally the colonies were sick and tired of Britains Acts and rules, so the colonists became independent!

First thing that I chose for my project is, 9/11. This was a dark time for all of America at the time. 9/11 took place November 11, 2001. It was organized by 19 al Qaeda terrorists. The terrorists hijacked 4 commercial planes. Two of the four headed to the World Trade Center while the third headed for the Pentagon. After learning the actions of the three planes, the fourth crash landed in an empty field somewhere in Western Pennsylvania. This is considered the largest number of fatalities that were caused by a foreign attack that happened on American soil which resulted in almost 3,000 deaths. When the people of America found out the events, millions went to help fight and protect against anymore attacks.