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Benjamin Franklin flew a kite with a key on it to demonstrate electricity, this event is very famous now and has been hailed as the first use of electricity.
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British soldiers in Boston shoot into an unruly crowd, killing 5. This event was later dubbed the “Boston Massacre”
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Fifty or so colonists raided a British ship disguised as Indians and threw overboard a good amount of imported tea.
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Benjamin Franklin convinces French officials to sign a treaty of alliance, committing France to the American cause until they’re free of British rule.
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55 delegates held a constitutional convention to discuss ways to strengthen the national gov, and came up with the constitution.
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George Washington was unanimously selected as first president of the United States
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Alexander Hamilton opens first US bank
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Cotton Gin is invented by Eli Whitney to expedite the de-seeding process of cotton
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Jefferson purchases a large amount of land south of the United States, nearly doubling it’s size.
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Starting in St. Louis, MO, adventure duo Lewis and Clark reach the pacific through the Rocky Mountains.
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War of 1812 is sparked by damage to US trade by the British
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Spain sells Florida to the US for 5 Million dollars and exchange for dropping any claim of Texas
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Stephen Austin established a settlement in Mexican owned Texas.
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President Polk sparks Mexican-American war by sending US troops into Texas.
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Shots fired on the federal military garrison at Fort Sumter, sparking the American Civil war.
