United States History: 1600-1900

The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened on March 5, 1770. It was between a “patriot” mob throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones and a squad of British soldiers. British army soldiers killed 5 civilian men and injured 6 others. The Boston Massacre took place in Boston, directly in front of the Old State House. This created more tension between the British and the Americans which caused the Revolution.

-Andrea Gremonprez

The American people got into an argument with British soldiers on March 5, 1770 on King Street in Boston Massachusetts. The British soldiers fired at the civilians and killed five of them, wounding six others. This matters because without this the revolutionary war might not have happened. This event added fire to the sparking rebels, who were getting angry with the high taxes and unfair government. It helped give courage to rebel against the British.
-Grace Davies

On December 16, 1773, there was a very important part of history. The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians. Then In the middle of the night, they went to the Boston Harbor and dumped the crates of tea off of a ship from England. They did this to protest the high tax that England was putting on their tea. This is important because it was one of the first protests in American history and it led to the Revolutionary War.
-Eva Luba

On July 4th,1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted for the US to declare their independence from British rule. It was drafted between June 11th through the 28th. The Declaration of Independence was written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mostly by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman, both British and American colonies wrote it. The Declaration of Independence was written because the colonies were responding to Great Britain for overtaxing them. This document is remembered because it states that a government exists for the benefit of the people and today, if the Declaration of Independence wasn’t written, we might still be under the rule of a king.
-Alex Rondorf

The states formed a confederation, a league of independent states, under an agreement called the Articles of Confederation. Congress completed the Articles of Confederation in 1777, but not until 1781 did all the states approve it. America wanted the Articles of Confederation to reunite separate states. This is important because without it we would basically not have the freedom we have today.
-Lauren Voelker

The dates from September 28th-October 19th, 1781 was the final battle of the Revolutionary War. The soon to be Americans, guided under Gen. George Washington, got informed that the British, guided under Gen. Cornwallis, were near Yorktown. Washington intercepted the British at Yorktown and finally, after the vigorous battle, they got what they wanted, their independence. Without this, we might not be who we are today, independent and free.
-Canon Melstrand

The Underground Railroad was started in1786. It was a system of pathways that were used to get slaves from the South to the North, even to Canada. Many people helped with the Underground Railroad, and one was Harriet Tubman. It was important because this helped bring many slaves to freedom and this greatly affected the South.

-Alex Feldhusen

On September 28, of 1789, James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights. When he was at the National Archives he sat down and started writing away the 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. The Bill Of Rights is very important to the United States because it tells all the personal freedoms that limit the government’s power in many proceedings. They Bill of Rights, later after they were written, were adopted by the House of Representatives on August 21 of 1789 and went into effect at the Constitutional Congress on September 25 of 1789.
-Claire Tennies

On September 17, 1787, the 42 delegates of the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia one last time to sign their work. Those who favored the new plan of government became the federalists, and they succeeded in getting the Constitution ratified. The Constitution basically sums up the laws WE as Americans worked for and believe.
-Emma Dahlberg

In the year 1800, Thomas Jefferson beat Aaron Burr in a very close election. The election made it a hard decision who to pick for president because they were tied with electoral votes. The House Representatives got to choose after that and chose Jefferson. He ended up being a great president (he was also the author of the Declaration of Independence).

-Joey Michels

The United States Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in the 1820’s. This law was a congressional agreement that regulated the extension of slavery in Missouri. This was important because it was how slavery was going to be dealt with. It was based on whether they were for slavery in the south or for anti-slavery in the north, which is why they made this compromise to settle this with Congress.

-Brock Albiero