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The French Indian War was a war that lasted from 1754-1763 between Britain, France, and North America. This war was fought for essentially the control of North America.
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The Industrial Revolution was the process of the change in manufacturing from 1760 to around 1840. I'm not sure of the exact date that it started, but it lasted from 1700s-1800s.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest in 1773. The Sons of Liberty rebelled.
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The Revolutionary war was a conflict that lasted from 1775 to 1783 between Great Britain and the original 13 colonies in North America. This conflict was because the 13 colonies deemed themselves as independent.
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The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia convention. It was written in the same place as the Decoration of Independence on September 17, 1787.
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Factories started up around 1790 when Samual Slater started a cotton spinning factory. This lead to over 1,000 cotton and wool factories being made. The exact date is unknown.
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The first American expedition to cross the west portion of the US. It began in St. Louis, and ended on the Pacific Coast.
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The Missouri Compromise was an effort to end political fights.The United States took twenty-two states, and evenly divided between slave and free.
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The Manifest Destiny was the urge for American settlers to expand across the country.
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"Bleeding Kansas" was a series of violent political deputes from 1855-1861.
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The American Civil War lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865.
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This was the period after the civil war when they rebuilt the community.
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The assassination of the 16th president, by John Wilkes Booth.
