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WikipediaNew York traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626.[24] The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664[24][25] and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York.
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13 American ColoniesPennsylvania was founded in 1682 by William Penn and others. They were in Philadelphia when they found Pennsylvania.
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George Washington (February 22, 1732[1][2][3] – December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He was also the commander in chief of all American forces during the American Revolutionary War.[4] For his central role in the beginning of the United States, he is often called the father of his country.[5][6] -
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Geography.about.comOn April 30, 1803 the nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase.
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The Alamo On February 23, 1836, the Texians and Tejanos fought the Alamo for thirteen days.
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History.comThe Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S.
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The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war in the United States of America. It is sometimes called "The War Between the States". Eleven Southern states which allowed slaves wanted to separate from the United States of America. They formed the Confederate States of America, also called "the Confederacy". -
Archive.govPassed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".
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WikipediaThe world's First Transcontinental Railroad was built between 1863 and 1869 to join the eastern and western halves of the United States.
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[City of Fort Collins](www.fcgov.com/visitor/fcfacts.php) In 1873, the Collins Fort became a town.
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WikipediaColorado is a state of the United States. Its capital and largest city is Denver. Other big cities are Colorado Springs and Aurora. It became a state in 1876.
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America's story from America's library On June 25th, 1876, General Custer led the 7th cavalry into battle against the Lakota Sioux and Northern Indians.
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About.comIn the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone).
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WikipediaThe Spanish-American War was a war fought between Spain and the United States of America in the year 1898. This war was fought in part because a lot of people wanted Cuba to become independent and also because many Americans wanted their country to get a colonial empire. Spain lost the sea war and had to give up its colonies of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and part of Guam. All of these colonies, except for Cuba, would become U.S. colonies at the end of the war.
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WikipediaThe Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), designed, built, and flew the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air airplane on December 17, 1903
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WikipediaThe 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a big earthquake that hit San Francisco on April 18, 1906.[3] It was felt from Los Angeles to Oregon and Nevada.
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WikipediaThe Ford Model T was an American car built between 1908 and 1928 by the Ford Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the most important cars in history because it was one of the first cars to be sold for very little money, making it easy for people to travel from place to place.
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Wikipedia In 1913, Cache La Poudre middle school was built, and has been around for one hundred years!
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About.com World war one lasted from 1914 to 1919 in Europe.
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History.comThe Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.
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Hooer Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
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WikpediaPearl Harbor is a naval base in the U.S. state of Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Using this base, the U.S was able to have a good position on the advancing Japanese fleet. However, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, which was a surprise. The attack led to America's fighting in World War II.
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Wikipedia-Day is a term used in the military to mean the actual day a major operation or event is to begin.There were many days in military history that were called D-Day. The most famous D-Day was June 6, 1944 when the biggest amphibious (from the sea to the land) attack in military history took place in Normandy, France during World War II. This attack was codenamed Operation Overlord.
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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks on the Empire of Japan during World War II (WWII). The United States and the Allies were fighting against Japan and slowly winning. Two nuclear bombs were dropped, one on the city of Hiroshima and one on the city of Nagasaki. -
WikipediaThe United Nations (UN) (French: Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) is an international organization. It was started in 1945, after World War II with the idea of making a stronger version of the League of Nations. (The League was supposed to stop wars from happening, but it failed.) Most nations are members of the UN and send people to the headquarters to hold meetings and pass resolutions (make decisions) about global issues.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY The Korean war began on June 25th, 1950.
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Disneyland Park is a theme park in Anaheim, California, United States. It is the first Disneyland. It was opened on July 17, 1955, by Walt Disney, the man who invented Mickey Mouse. It is one of the most popular theme parks in the world. -
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States of America. He was in office from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest President elected to the office, at the age of 43. Also, he was the youngest president to be assassinated. -
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WikipediaThe Columbine High School Massacre was a school shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, near Denver, Colorado on April 20, 1999.
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The World Trade Center was most famous for its huge Twin Towers. These two skyscrapers, the North Tower and the South Tower, were once the tallest buildings in the world. They had 110 floors each. The Twin Towers and 7 World Trade Center were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks while the other buildings were damaged beyond repair.
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WikipediaThe California Gold Rush was when a lot of people went to the mountains of California to find gold. It started when James W. Marshall found pieces of gold while building a sawmill for John Sutter in 1848.
