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Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British for its unfair taxes on tea. The protest was a part of the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. -
American revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which rebel colonists in theThirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy. The colonist where any at the British Parliament for all the " unfair " taxes set by the British. A series of events like the Boston massacre and the Boston tea party. -
invention of cotton gin
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States in 1793 by Eli Whitney. The cotton gin made it easier to make cotton from the plant. Cotton then became easier to use and started increasing in popularity throughout the south -
Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana purchase was a purchase on land from France. Thomas Jefferson bought it during hid term as president. Before the purchase was finalized, the decision faced domestic opposition as some argued that it was unconstitutional for President Jefferson to acquire the territory. -
Lincolns election
The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860 , this is the day one of our country's most memorable president. The United States had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. Lincoln disagreed with the idea of slaves and this is the president that was voted right before the end civil war. -
civil war
The civil war was a war we fought against ourselves. The north against the south. fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. -
surrender to end the civil war
Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865 as the end of the American Civil War. This claim ignores the fact that other Confederate armies were still in the field and fighting after Lee's surrender. After the 4 years of battle the Confederate general surrenders -
lincolns assassination
Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. An unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson 30 years before in 1835, and Lincoln had himself been the subject of an earlier assassination. Lincoln was killed by John Wilks Booth , on good Friday , after the surrender of the civil war. Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
