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This happened in retaliation for the Pequot killing 2 Englishmen and they retaliated by burning down a Pequot fort. This is significant because this formed the Colonial/American Indian Policy.
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The scalp act was the act that made it to where the Pennsylvania government would pay for the scalps of Indians and they used this as a means to get rid of the Delaware. This was important because it showed the true extent that the government would to get rid of the Indians.
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It was important to the colonial period because it shows the protest of british tax on tea.
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This is the battle that started the American Revolutionary War.
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The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought in Middle sex county in Massachusetts.
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It is important because these are the first steps into the separation from Great Britain.
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The 3rd of 8 winter encampments, this encampment was commanded by George Washington.
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One of the biggest hero's of the Revolutionary War that turned against the United States.
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It is one of the main encampments that George Washington used during the revolutionary war.
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A battle in the Revolutionary War fought on January 17th, 1781. the battle was found in the town of Cowpens led by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Banastre Tarleton.
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The war that virtually ended the revolutionary war.
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It was the first document made to preserve the rights of citizens and set forward the first set of laws.
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The three fifths compromise was used for representation and taxation and placed a made 5 african americans worth 3 when it comes to population.
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It was important because it was necessary to prove that the U.S. government would not become tyrannical.
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The reason that this was important is because he was the first president of the United States.
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It shows a civil farewell to serving in office which has never been seen before because usually a transition of power is usually by force.
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It was important because it is the death of one of the founding fathers, and the first president.
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The reason that this election day is important is because it is the first transition of power between two political parties without violence.
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This was important because it shows the balance of power of the branches.
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This was important because it was a slow movement towards ending slavery.
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A battle of British forces and Indian troops against American troops.
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Issac Hull defeated the HMS Guerriere commanded by Capt. ... Having lost all three masts and with the largely unscathed Constitution bearing down to reengage, the Guerriere fires a lee gun to surrender.
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This was a land and sea battle between British and American soldiers.
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The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson.
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This was passed to keep balance between slave and free states. This made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state.
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Changes in voting qualifications and participation, the election of Andrew Jackson, and the formation of the Democratic Party. He was put into office in.
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The trail of tears was a trail used by native Americans to relocate. This was important because this allowed Americans to then occupy where their lands were.
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The Indian Removal act was put in place by Andrew Jackson for the removal of Indians west of the Mississippi. This was important because this set the beginning steps of the colonization of the West.
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This was a rebellion of black slaves they killed around at least 51 people. This is important because this shows the struggles of slaves fighting for freedom because that is one of the best rights that people deserve and would fight for.
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A 13 day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Bexar, killing the Texian and immigrant occupiers.
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California, New Mexico, and Arizona were given to the united states in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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This act allowed runaway slave that ran into slave-free states to be returned to their owners in the south.
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The Dred Scott decision was a court case where there was a free African - American that was trying to sue and the court overruled it because although he was free from slavery, does not give him rights and because of that he could not sue someone.
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A 2 day civil disturbance in new York City involving 2 different gangs named the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys.
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The election was held on November 9th, 1860. He was put into office in March 4th, 1861.
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The First Battle of Bull Run, was the first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory.
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This declared that all people that were slaves within the rebellious states were now free.
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A battle fought between the Union and Confederacy, this war was vey decisive for the outcome of the war and had one of the highest casualty counts.
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This amendment abolished slavery which was a giant step revolution towards the America that we know today which everyone is free.
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Fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
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The Ku Klux Klan was established on December 24, 1865.
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This amendment allowed people born in the United States to become automatically natural born citizens.
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John D. Rockefeller started the standard oil company in 1870.
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This made it to where the government cannot nt resist someone's right to vote because of their race, religion, or previous condition of servitude.
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Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone on February 14th, 1876.
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This was the most decisive victory for the native Americans. This was important because this proved that the native Americans were capable of fighting for their beliefs and they were capable of succeeding.
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It was a race of 50,000 people over the unassigned land of Oklahoma.
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The domestic massacre of over 300 Lakota people. This was the end of Indian resistance of American.
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Ellis island opens to immigration is January 1, 1892.
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The first Olympic was held on April 6th, 1896 in Athens, Greece.
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This case brought up the doctrine of, “separate but equal” This was in my opinion totally contradictory to the words “equal”. Also this is where you see most of your separated water fountains, schools, as well as bathrooms because race. This was important in some way because it still gets closer to the end goal of overall equality.
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The battleship U.S.S Maine exploded in the Havana harbor. Killing 268 men.
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The Wizard of Oz was originally published on May 17th, 1900.
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Teddy Roosevelt became president on March of 1901.
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J. P. Morgan founded U.S. Steel in 1901
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An article about Rockefeller unethical tactics. This was published around 1903.
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The Ford Motor Company was founded on June 16th, 1903.
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The 16th amendment was passed on July 2nd, 1909.
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Angel island open to immigration on January 21st, 1910.
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The 17th amendment was passed on April 8th, 1913.
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In 1916, president Woodrow Wilson adopted the Star Spangled Banner. It was not codified, so in 1929 “House Resolution 14” was presented to Congress to name “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the official national anthem to the United States.
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Two Italians that were arrested for murdering a guard.
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The first radio station that went on air in Pittsburgh, with election results.
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The first Miss America Pageant was held on September 7, 1921.
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The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923.
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J. Edgar Hoover became head of the FBI
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A book about people that live in fictional towns on a long island.
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A book by Adolf Hitler about his life, and how he formed his political ideologies.
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A case where a teacher taught human evolution and that was not permitted.
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Charles Linberg started his flight across the atlantic at New York and he ended at Paris, France. He flew in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Jazz Singer, the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound.
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The murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day.
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The crash called “Black Thursday” where 12.9 million shares were sold and the stock market plunged over 10%.
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A day where 16 million shares were traded in and the stock market crashed.
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The dust bowl happens due to droughts as well as over farmed and overgrazed lands.
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The empire state building was opened on May 1st, 1931.
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President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as the chancellor of Germany.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office of president for his first term.
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A government program for unemployed people created to preserve nature.
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A government program that was used to make public jobs for infrastructure, community, etc.
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J. J. Braddock wins the heavyweight championship in boxing, 10 - 1.
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the Olympic games were held in Germany, which were used to help the Nazi Party.
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Also known as “The Night of Broken Glass”, this night was primarily against Jews where synagogues, and Jewish businesses are destroyed, burnt down, and vandalized.
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A book primarily focused on the people that crashed the stock market and caused hardships on the workers of the United States.
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The famous film “The Wizard of Oz” airs in theaters.
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The battle of Britain was the battle between the Airforce of Britain and the Luftwaffe.
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A book published by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, that underlined the basic rights of citizens which consisted of freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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Pearl harbor was bombed because of Japan retaliation against the United States’s trade embargoes.
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A naval battle at the Midway Atoll, this is known as the turning point of the war.
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The battle between Germany and the Soviet Union for the city of Stalingrad.
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The invasion of French North Africa, by allied forces.
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A program created by the Allies to protect cultural property.
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The battle at Kursk in between the German and Soviet Militaries.
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Codenamed Operation Neptune, these were beach landing off the coast of north France.
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The Battle of the Bulge is the battle that Germany tried to make a counter-offensive against the advancing allied troops.
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The battle of Iwo Jima is a battle for the island of Iwo Jima against the Japanese Military.
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Named operation Iceberg, the battle was on the Island of Okinawa.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died due to Cerebral Hemorrhage.
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As the Soviet forces were advancing of Berlin and loss was imminent, Adolf Hitler commited suicide.
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The atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, done by the Manhattan Project.
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The atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, done by the Manhattan Project.
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The liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation.
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A concert in Newport that had a multitude of different musical artists that performed. -
The presidential debates between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. This was the first presidential debate to be aired on television. -
South Carolina was the first state to succeed from the United States, the president declared it as illegal but did not do anything about it.
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The assassination of the 35th president John F. Kennedy. Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show in New York City, the appearance broke television records. -
A document that Lyndon b. Johnson was created to give him full power to command the military to take any means necessary to protect the United States in Vietnam. -
A march or demonstration where over 50,000 people marched on the pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War. -
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A democratic convention that was held during the riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -
A music festival, also known as the Woodstock Rock Festival, had an attendance of over 400,000. -
The English rock band the beatles, were a world wide known band that broke up. -
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A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court for the right to be able have a abortion. -
8 men were arrested during the riots, for being accused of inciting the riots.
