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the french and Indian war pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France.
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the french received all land from the Mississippi river west, while the British received all the land from the Mississippi river east.
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in 1776 Thomas Jefferson wasn't recognized as the principal author of the declaration of independence until the 1990s; the document was originally presented as a collective effort by the entire continental congress.
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The battle marked the climax of the saratoga campaign, giving a victory to the American against the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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The U.S. Congress passes an act to prohibit importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States from any foreign kingdom, place, country.