The week of January 7th-13th

This week in history there was a very significant events in the history of the united states and how we run our country. The other event that happened this week was a famous site in the united states that turned into a National Monument. The first Event just happened to be the first presidential election in United States history back in the 1700s. The second important event in this week was the Grand Canyon becoming a National Monument. This happend back in the early 1900s.





The First event was the First presidential election ever to take place which happened back on January 7th of 1789. The first presidential election was won George Washington and he was sworn into office on April 30 1789. As we know many things have changed since the first elections like the ballots becoming electronics, the amount of candidates that are allowed on the ballot, and what kind of ethnic races are allowed to run. At the first election it was said only white men who owned property were allowed to vote and run for the election. A lot has changed in these past 200 years.



 The second event that happened was the Grand Canyon becoming a National Monument on January 11th of 1908. The canyon was first sighted by the Europeans lead by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado back in 1540. By the 19th century the Grand Canyon generated thousands of tourists every day. Making this a National Monument would create the option to not allow any other people to build on this land. Theodore Roosevelt led the charge of this project and when it was all said and finished he said, "Let this great wonder of nature reamain as it is now.









 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelt-makes-grand-canyon-a-national-monument

 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-us-presidential-election