#MemeHistory is here to teach you about the history of the world

On Thursday, the hashtag #MemeHistory started trending when @TylerIAm encountered a student’s slideshow presentation about Adolf Hitler. Inspired by the slide, he began adding memes to history’s greatest moments. #MemeHistory soon took over Twitter, with people using GIFs and memes to characterize historical events. It was the Internet’s best offering of edutainment (educational entertainment).

Here are a few of the most important historical moments.

Lesson #1: Dawn of the United States of America

https://twitter.com/redlightIive/status/708140648306573312

Lesson #2: Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492

https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708083387832074240

https://twitter.com/MikeElChingon/status/708402351489556481

https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708083387832074240

Lesson #3: 245 Years A Slave

When Europeans were asked why they needed slavery #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/h1KxMWrZ09

— The Du Boisian Biologist (@Hood_Biologist) March 11, 2016

https://twitter.com/MichellCClark/status/708087732040560640

https://twitter.com/CannibalAux/status/708081493529079808

Lesson #4: Salem the Teenage Witch Trials

Everyone who had to take the stand during the Salem witch hunt. #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/Z6PVVTVmpt

— Ma$on (@FirstGentleman) March 11, 2016

Lesson #5: The British are coming

https://twitter.com/MichellCClark/status/708095174107246592

Lesson #6: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal

https://twitter.com/MichelleHux/status/708087342653956096

Lesson #7: Deals, deals, deals and the  Louisiana Purchase

https://twitter.com/TheCoolTeacher_/status/708082056174170112

LIVE LOOK IN: President Thomas Jefferson negotiating the Louisiana Purchase from the French in 1803 #memehistory pic.twitter.com/MuQROwh5Dg

— B Mango (@BMichelThief) March 13, 2016

Lesson #8: Free at last, free at last!

https://twitter.com/lalaurennerual/status/708460099552059392

Slaves: "Are you serious? You want us to run away with you?

Harriet Tubman:#MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/j1KmxOzNyx

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 11, 2016

Lesson #9: The bloodiest war in American history

https://twitter.com/Ziweeee/status/708140450104942592

https://twitter.com/MelechThomas/status/708048320669691904

https://twitter.com/CuzDubSaidSo/status/708140945003294720

Lesson #10: Let there be light

Thomas Edison 1st publicly demonstrated his light bulb on Dec 19, 1879 #memehistory pic.twitter.com/CSTaVt7T5s

— Medium Shirley 🇵🇦 (@interstate6) March 10, 2016

Lesson #11: My heart will go on…

https://twitter.com/RespectTheAfro_/status/708954094820524032

https://twitter.com/massaquoiDSK/status/708137802219855872

Lesson #12: World Of Warships 1

Just 2 blocks away from where he would meet his death, Archduke Franz Ferdinand regards Gavrilo Princip #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/DWalFeMxL7

— nahh-Baron, Dade-Rautha (@Hozay_) March 10, 2016

Lesson #13: Herbert Hoover here is screwed

Herbert Hoover after the Great Crash of 1929 #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/OxVl2iyRlS

— Jerrick White (@BostonJerry) March 10, 2016

Lesson #14: USA! USA! USA!

https://twitter.com/_Symonds_/status/708047837204905984

Lesson #15: World of Warships 2

When Neville Chamberlain cut a deal with Hitler that he thought would prevent World War II #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/Z8mkkfKUO4

— Jerrick White (@BostonJerry) March 10, 2016

https://twitter.com/RuffneckRefugee/status/708115903414726656

Lesson #16: Sober Season

https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708126979166507009

Lesson #17: New Deal in town

https://twitter.com/KofieSpeaks/status/708032018236514305

Lesson #18: Tutti Frutti and Rock ‘n Roll

Black people when white people "invented" Rock N Roll #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/FVaMh3AIEG

— Nihon Mon (@WhatMovesMon) March 11, 2016

https://twitter.com/Ashbootheone/status/708124070311690240

https://twitter.com/_maleficentt/status/708161589992501248

Lesson #19: Sick and tired of being sick and tired

https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/708203304170303488

And the driver told Rosa Parks to "get to the back or get off" #memehistory pic.twitter.com/WV7yPfglwf

— Dre (@tweets_by_dre) March 10, 2016

https://twitter.com/hyemist/status/708105678687248384

Lesson #20: Ebony and Ivory

https://twitter.com/MelechThomas/status/708100914150768641

Lesson #21: You’re All Communists

Lesson #22: Deepthroat Nixon

When they confronted Nixon about Watergate. #MemeHistory. pic.twitter.com/7jds5Fh1Kr

— roox. (@RukaTrue_) March 11, 2016

The media when the Watergate scandal broke. #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/NrVMvM70RP

— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) March 11, 2016

Lesson #23: Cold War Kids

https://twitter.com/femme_esq/status/708040032653803521

Lesson #24: I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman

Get u a man who can do both #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/oREYPFfny1

— yc (@yc) March 10, 2016

Lesson #25: The Thanks Al Gore Gets For Inventing The Internet

https://twitter.com/Ziweeee/status/708149649719345152

And the 43rd President is… George Bush #memehistory pic.twitter.com/PJcrUGx0yJ

— Tristan (@AyoTristan) March 10, 2016

Lesson #26: Solid As A Rock

https://twitter.com/XLNB/status/708163810469609472

https://twitter.com/R_Sills/status/708033568212193283

Lesson #27: When the levees broke

https://twitter.com/WickedBeaute/status/708121166183923712

https://twitter.com/WickedBeaute/status/708121166183923712

https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708085917567852544

Lesson #28: Yes We Can

when Obama became the first black president but had to take over after Bush #memehistory pic.twitter.com/OqoWE087Qt

— Nate Z (@NathanZed) March 11, 2016

Inexplicably, John McCain "suspended" his campaign in 2008. When asked for a reply, Sen. Obama said… #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/us2RVViOjY

— April (@ReignOfApril) March 11, 2016

Lesson #29 : Zero Dark Thirty

https://twitter.com/MikeElChingon/status/708411872387555328

Photo via Emanuel Leutze/Wikipedia (PD)