Transcript My History Project - davismiddleschool

By Jahon Rosario
My History Project
Many scientist have found that the first Americans were not ancestors
, but explorers from Southeast Asia and southern Pacific area.
The estimate of how long ago is 60,000 years ago. America spread to
colonies 13,500 ago
The European
explorers that found
America had many
reasons for finding
new land mostly to
find spices ,expand
religion ,to control a
larger empire , find
gold and silver , and
expand knowledge of
the world.
In 1539, the
Spanish explorer
Hernando de Soto
landed along the
coast of modernday Florida and
began heading
north. By the
beginning of 1540,
they had marched
through Florida
and entered into
the Coastal Plain
region of modernday Georgia. De
Soto and his army
of men wanted one
thing as they
moved through
Georgia: GOLD.
The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French
and Indian War, which is the name given to the
American theater of a massive conflict involving
Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia,
and Sweden called the Seven Years War. The
conflict was in Europe, India, and North America
which was a battle for colonial control
The American Revolutionary war was 1775-1783 and was the fight for
America to become its own country and have their independence.
America was had low supplies low ammo and almost all soidlers were
not hardened soilders but just normal people fighting for their
independence and many did not even have uniforms nor shoes
One founding Franklin was born in 1706 at Boston. Which was a founding
father by
-inventing numerous things (most famously bifocals, the lightning rod, and the Franklin stove)
-accomplishing his kite-and-key experiment. proving lightning to be electricity which may be harnessed
-serving as the colonies' ambassador to France and managing to get an alliance between the two
-writing Poor Richard's Almanac and his autobiography
-creating the Pennsylvania Gazette
-being a founding father: laying out the 3 branches of government, serving on the Continental Congress, etc
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, founded the University of Virginia, was the author of the "Notes on the States of Virginia", the
"The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth", and the "Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom", was a member of the Continental Congress, a member of the
Virginia Legislature, and wrote the "Necessity of Taking Up Arms," in 1775.
In The American Revolution was a battle for the freedom of
the U.S. to become a independent country. The British had
a advantage of the U.S. by being better equipped and had a
bigger army and can get supplies quicker. The colonists
knew their territory better. The war occurred during 1775 to
1783.One major battle was the battle of lexington and
concord.
Blacks after the Civil War enjoyed many privileges that their
predecessors could only dream of. They could vote, hold office and
attend school. New Orleans, Louisiana, was one of the more
integrated cities in the South. It desegregated its streetcars in 1867,
began experimenting with integrated public schools in 1869, legalized
interracial marriage between 1868 and 1896, elected a total of 32
black state senators and 95 state representatives, and had integrated
juries, public boards, and police departments [1].
Despite these major improvements, life for Southern blacks was far
from perfect. "Black Codes," designed to limit the opportunities of
blacks, were passed in the South during Reconstruction. The Black
Codes placed taxes on free blacks who tried to pursue nonagricultural
professions, restricted the abilities of blacks to rent land or own guns,
and even allowed the children of "unfit" parents to be apprenticed to
the old slave masters [2]. In effect, this was a continuation of slavery.
It was during this time period that anti-black groups such as the Ku
Klux Klan had their start. By 1896, the situation was extremely
volatile. Something was bound to give.
President thomas jefferson
managed to double the
size of the country by
buying louisiana.They
bought louisiana from the
french.Thomas jefferson
sent lewis and clark to
explore the land.
from 1790-1820, the population of the US
doubles to 10 million people
this is a result of an increase in
reproduction, as immigration had slowed
there were only about 250,000 immigrants
during this period
– many couldn't come because of wars and other
hardships
– others weren't sure that America would last
immigration increases after the defeat of
Napoleon in 1815
The southern states split up from the U.S. to continue prejudice
and slavery. The Civil war was 1861-1865.in the end the U.S. won
and the U.S. gained the terrain again
After the civil war black gained more
freedom and was now allowed to
attend schools , colleges , have jobs
, and have all the rights as a normal
American, but they were still had
prejudice.
The
causes of , which began in central
Europe in late June 1914, included
intertwined factors, such as the conflicts
and hostility of the four decades leading
up to the war. militarism , , imperialism
and nationalism played major roles in the
conflict as well. America did not want to
get involved in WW1 ,but later got involved
for fear of being attacked next. Italy, France,
Germany, the British Empire, Austria-Hungarian
Empire and Russia was involved in WW1.
The Great Depression was stated because of
banks that invested in stocks. The stocks kept
going up and up until one day the stock went
down and the banks lost all their money. Many
Americans ran to banks to get their money ,but
most were too late. Million airs turned broke,
many Americans was laid off, and the rate in
America for unemployment went to
thousands to millions.
What prompted the U.S. to get involved in WW2
was the attack on Pearl Harbor. The countries
fighting the war was Japan, America, Italy,
Germany, Britain, Soviet , and France. After WW2
Germany surrendered and the atomic bomb
allowed the allies to get to the Japanese front
quickly.
Communism:theory or system of social organization based
on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership
being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state
The Cold War (often dated 1947–1991) was a sustained state of
political and military tension between the powers of the Western
world, led by the United States and its NATO allies, and the
communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellite states and
allies. This began after the success of their temporary wartime
alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as
two superpowers with profound economic and political differences.
The Soviet Union created the Eastern Bloc with the eastern
European countries it occupied, maintaining these as satellite
states. The post-war recovery of Western Europe was facilitated
by the United States' Marshall Plan, while the Soviet Union, wary
of the conditions attached, declined and set up COMECON with its
Eastern allies. The United States forged NATO, a military alliance
using containment of communism as a main strategy through the
Truman Doctrine, in 1949, while the Soviet bloc formed the
Warsaw Pact in 1955. Some countries aligned with either of the
two powers, whilst others chose to remain neutral with the NonAligned Movement.
mixed results. To alleviate the risk of a potential nuclear war, both
sides sought détente in the 1970s to relieve political tensions.
The Vietnam War was a war to stop
the spread of communism. Even
though the U.S. won the war the
soldiers knowing the terrain better
than the Americans made it difficult
and the many traps hidden around
the jungles
September 11 is
a day that two
plane
commanded by
osama benladin
Crashed into the
twin tower