A BRIEF HISTORY OF (GUNS IN ) THE US adapted from Bowling for Columbine… · 2013-01-30 · A...
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF (GUNS IN ) THE US adapted from Bowling for Columbine, by M. Moore.
European pilgrims move to the New World
Native American 'genocide' / Thanksgiving
16th – 17th centuryWitchhuntthey burnt witches
1775 End of War of Independence (from the British) 1791 US Constitution + Bill of Rights 2nd Amendment right to carry a gun
17th - 18th centurySlavery Triangular Slave Trade
1836 Samuel Colt invented the handgun
1861-1865US Civil WarThe Northern States (Yankees) fought against the Southern states ( slave owners)
1871 The KKK was illegalThe NRA was founded. 1st gun lawsBlack people were not allowed to carry a gun.
1955 Rosa Parks broke the law.The Civil Rights Movement started. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X fought for Black people to be allowed to vote.
1865Abolition of Slavery The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The Ku Klux Klan was founded
Jim Crow LawsSegregation
2008The first African-American president is elected. Gun control laws proposals.