Turning Points in American History

Turning Points in American History « Series from 2024

Series from 2024

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Genres: Documentary

Turning Points in American History is your chance to relive the most powerful and groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States of America.

Spanning the arrival of the first English colonists to the birth of the computer age and beyond, this course is a captivating tour of those particular moments after which America would never be the same again.

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1617 The Great Epidemic

1619 Land of the Free? Slavery Begins

1636 Freedom of Worship—Roger Williams

1654 Yearning to Breathe Free—Immigration

1676 Near Disaster—King Philip's War

1735 Freedom of the Press—The Zenger Trial

1773 Liberty! The Boston Tea Party

1776 We're Outta Here—Declaring Independence

1777 Game Changer—The Battle of Saratoga

1786 Toward a Constitution—Shays's Rebellion

1789 Samuel Slater—The Industrial Revolution

1800 Peaceful Transfer—The Election of 1800

1803 Supreme Authority—Marbury v. Madison

1807 On the Move—Transportation Revolution

1816 One Man, One Vote—Expanding Suffrage

1821 Reborn—The Second Great Awakening

1831 The Righteous Crusade—Abolition

1844 What's New? The Communication Revolution

1845 The Ultimate American Game—Baseball

1846 Land and Gold—The Mexican War

1862 Go West, Young Man! The Homestead Act

1862 Terrible Reality—The Battle of Antietam

1868 Equal Protection—The 14th Amendment

1872 Open Spaces—The National Parks

1873 Bloody Sunday—Ending Reconstruction