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Experiments with a kite and discovers that lightning is an electrical discharge.
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Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is approved by Congress. It is immediately published and circulated throughout the colonies and in Europe.
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He proceeds to help the Anti-Slavery movement by joining the "North Star" anti-slavery newspaper.
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She opens up a hospital for the mentally ill patients
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She was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a private school for African-American students
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The country was in the midst of the Great Depression. People were looking for some new ideas, leadership, and hope. They elected Franklin Roosevelt hoping he had the answers. When Roosevelt entered office as president the first thing he did was to sign a number of new bills in an effort to fight the Great Depression
