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was the first major military actions between the British Armyand Patriot militias from British America's Thirteen Coloniesduring the American Revolutionary War.
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was a period of extreme hardship for the Continental Army, marked by disease, starvation, and a severe lack of supplies and clothing. Over 11,000 soldiers endured cold, damp conditions and built rudimentary log huts while lacking proper shoes and coats
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Benedict Arnold turned traitor to the Continental Army in 1780 by plotting to surrender the strategic post of West Point to the British in exchange for money and a command in the British army
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The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina.
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a pivotal battle of the War of 1812, fought on January 8, 1815, where American forces, led by Andrew Jackson, achieved a decisive victory against the British Army.
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USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took place on the 19th of August 1812, one month after the war's first engagement between British and American forces
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September 12, 1814
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. He rose to fame as a U.S. Army general and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress
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At dawn on March 6, 1836, the 13th day of the siege, the Battle of the Alamo commenced. Fighting lasted roughly 90 minutes, and by daybreak all the Defenders had perished, including a former congressman from Tennessee, David Crockett. The loss of the garrison was felt all over Texas, and even the world.
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Mexico lost California, New Mexico, and Arizona, along with other present-day states and territories, to the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered cries for disunion across the slaveholding South
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Lincoln was elected as the first Republican president. His victory was entirely due to his support in the North and West. No ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states
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The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that either side would win quickly or easily.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War, which was fought between the Union and Confederate armies between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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There was no treaty signed to end the Civil War. The surrender at Appomattox Court House was a military surrender of an army which was surrounded. The Confederate government never surrendered and even had it wanted to the United States government would likely not have accepted.
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an event that killed 260 sailors and directly contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. While American public opinion blamed Spain and a subsequent U.S. Navy inquiry suggested a mine caused the disaster, the exact cause remains unclear, with some modern research pointing to an accidental fire in a coal bunker that ignited the ship's magazines.
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The Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, was the primary naval engagement of the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, where American Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet.
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The Star-Spangled Banner" became the official U.S. national anthem when
President Herbert Hoover signed legislation on March 3, 1931. The journey to official adoption had been long, with the song gaining de facto status by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and facing debates over its lyrics