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Virginia company was an english trading company that set sail for settlement in North America.
Jamestown became the first permanent settlement in North America. -
First battle that started the American Revolutionary.
The people who fought the british army were called minutemen because they could be ready in minutes for a battle. -
The declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
John Hancock signed the declaration very bold and big. -
The point of the event was to decide how America was going to be governed. Even though the event was called to revise the Articles of Confederation. -
Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams in the election of 1800.
It was a big change because the political views were changed when President Jefferson won. -
Thomas Jefferson made the purchase during his presidency which double the size of US. Jefferson sent two people to go explore the new land after his purchase. -
bring balance so the slave states were equal to free slave states.
3 years later the compromise was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. -
A conflict between U.S. state of South Carolina and the Federal Government of U.S. The conflict was about tariffs which eventually gained more tension for the civil war.
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Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War.
South Carolina started bombing Fort Sumter with the U.S. army in the fort -
The battle of gettysburg was the turning point for the Union during the Civil War. The battle is also known as the single bloodiest battle during the Civil War -
Robert E Lee surrendered the last big confederated army to Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Court house. The confederated army was doing really well during the beginning of the war but still lost at the end. -
Lincoln was the first President to be assassinated and will not be the last either. John Booth was an actor at the play Lincoln was attending at the time assassinated him. -
Battle of Little Bighorn also known as Custer's last stand because him and of his men died that day by the Indians. The Indians set up a trap to kill Custers and his men -
150-300 Lakota Indians died by the U.S. Army in Wounded Knee Creek. The U.S. Army made the Indians surrendered before the first shot. -
The first people to make a successfully airplane that could fly.
The experiment took place at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina