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first permanent english settlement
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announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
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lexington and concord
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treaty between us and britian that ended the American Revolution
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first ten ammendements in the constitution
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cleaned cotton much faster and far more efficiently than human workers .
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judicial review
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bought land from napolean
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war between the united states and britian , ended with treaty of ghent .
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ended the war of 1812 , no territory exchanged hands and trade disputes were not resolved .
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a series of laws enacted to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states .
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war between united states and mexico , victory for the united states resulted in Mexican Cession .
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went to california to look for gold
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a series of congressional laws inteded to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states .
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law that established the territories of Kansas and NEbraska and gave the residents the right to choose if they were gonna allow slavery or not .
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A sumpreme court case in which the court ruled that no African American could be a citizen and that Dred Scott was still a slave .
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speech given by president abraham lincoln , in which he freed all the slaves in states that were rebillion against the union .
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speech given by abraham lincoln , to honor the men who died at gettysburg , which had been fought in july; begins , "four score years ago" .
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the virginia town where lee surrended to Grant , ending the civil war .
