President Jefferson authorized Robert Livingston and James Monroe to purchase all the Louisiana Territory This agreement was known as the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase itself included land from fifteen present day states including portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado.
The Journal-American was the product of a merger between two New York newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst. Worked during the time of yellow journalism. This was one of the primary newspapers owned by Joseph Pulitzer and a major practitioner of "yellow journalism"
- Eurasia
- North America.
On July 4th 1776 the declaration
of independence is adopted. The United States in between
1776 & 1870 In August of 1786 Shay's Rebellion
erupts.
In 1787 delegates meet in Philadelphia to draft the Constitution In
1789 George Washington is Elected as President. December 15th 1791, the
Bill of Rights is ratified In 1820 the Missouri compromise is created.
In 1831, William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing the Liberator. in 1852
'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is published. in 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska act is
passed. In 1859 Harper's Ferry is attacked. November 6, 1860 Abraham
Lincoln
is elected president.
