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This was when Connecticut soldiers under Captain John Mason set fire to the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River.
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This was a political protest against the British from the Americans. They were angry about the "taxation without presentation".
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Gov. Robert Morris enacted this act. This was about making money off of certain genders and ages of scalp.
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These two battles were the firsts of the Revolutionary War. The British tried sneaking up on the Americans, and they ended up losing terribly by retreating.
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The night before April 19th, hundreds of British troops marched in Concord in hopes to seize an arms cache.
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You may think the constitution was finished and signed on the 4th of July, but you're wrong. August 2nd is when the last two delegates signed the constitution. Among those signatures, John Hancock's was the largest on the document, making it forever remembered he was apart of it,
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This was considered the worst 6 months of the Soldiers life. While marching into Valley Forge, many soldiers were just so hungry and so tired. When they eventually got there, many of them came dow with illnesses, got frostbite, and some even died.
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These soldiers endured one of the most severe winters. They could have been abandoned by General George Washington, but he stayed with his men. Many died from hypothermia and diseases.
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This man betrayed the US he was born into. He decided to fight for the british instead of his own country.
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The continental army defeated the British army in Cowpens. The victory forced the British the retreat and gave America the confidence to win back the war.
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This was made to find a way to get money for taxes. Not all states agreed which led to it falling. Then the constitution replaced it.
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This was this last battle of the revolutionary war. The Americans, including George Washington, won the revolutionary war. This showed great achievements towards Washington, which led to the people to vote for him next year. Washing decided to go into retirement and bring the public into the situations in America. The whole reasoning for this battler, was to prove to the British they would capable of becoming independent.
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agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
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This amendment abolished slavery.
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After the revolution, George Washington and his comrades decided there needed to be a new constitution. 38 out of 41 delegates signed the new constitution. Only 5 states ratified the new constitution. Later 3 more states signed. While Virginia and New York were the last two states to sign. Now, the new constitution is ratified.
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When George was first inaugurated, he was worried about his position. He was very uncertain that he was the right man for the job. Part of his inauguration was that he got the 13 rifle salute. Everyone was very happy about George becoming the first president, but George himself was very worrisome about how he would do. He eventually overcame that feeling, and become a great leader.
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George Washington had went out during the rain and snow, he came back home was was told he should change out of his wet clothes, but did not. The next morning he decided to go back outside. When he came home he had gotten very sick, and around 23 pints of blood was taken within 3 days. A few days later he passed in his bed.
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This was the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. This was a very hard-fought and emotional election. In the end Thomas Jefferson won.
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This was the first time the US Supreme Court had declared an act of Congress Unconstitutional. Marbury got upset because Thomas Jefferson picked Madison instead of him.
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This is a very important marking indicating that people now understand that color doesn't determine your position in this country.
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Victory by US Troops led by General William Henry Harrison and they over took the Shawnee.
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The USS constitution was considered to be made of "Steel walls" after they didn't get defeated by the HMS Guerriere.
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When the American Army defeated the British Navy on Lake Champlain, it helped end the War of 1812 and showed the British the American could easily beat them.
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This happened in hopes for the British to seize New Orleans. Andrew Jackson was the General of the US troops, which after victory he became the president of the US.
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This was to put forth effort into compromising the slave and slave-free states.
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Jackson was elected as the US President in 1828 because of his previous act as the US Army General.
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This law as signed by President Andrew Jackson which would make all Native Americans move the west side of the US (Indian Territory)
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This was the road that led all Native Americans from the east to the west side of the US. Many Natives died or suffered severe issues after walking this trail.
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This was a rebellion of the Black Slaves. This rebellion was led by Nat Turner. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people. 51 of which were white.
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This was fought between Texas and Mexico. This occurred in Alamo, Texas. The Mexicans won and killed every Texan Soldier at the fort.
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This happened during the Mexican-American War. This was when the US fought for the first time on foreign lands.
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This was apart of the compromise of 1850.This act required al free slaves to return back to their owners even if they live in a free state.
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This was where Dred Scott sued the government stating that he should be paid because he was a former slave, but now lives in a free state. The decision was overturned and they said that he couldn't sue since he was living in a free state.
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The Dead Rabbits were a group of Irish immigrants. They ran this group which was the largest crime organization ever. They ended up feuded with the Bowery Boys, who were anti-Immigration. This resulted in one of New York's worst riots.
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19th Quadrennial Presidential election. This was a four-way contest; The republicans Lincoln and Hamlin won.
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This was when the slave state SC decided to be not apart of the US.
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Costed 3,000 plus Union casualties compared to 1,750 Confederates. The outcome of this war made false hopes for the Northerners.
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In this farewell address, George urged colonists to not divide into party and to continue to be together as a whole.
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This was issued by Abraham Lincoln and it was to free the slaves.
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This was the turning point of the Civil War. The army of Potomac was far too weak compared to the Confederates. The union lost 23,000 people and the Confederates lost 25,000.
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The confederate's lost to the Union at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.
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This was a group of Confederation Veterans. They wanted to show white supremacy, since African Americans just got more freedom.
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Granted citizenship to all people who were born in America, including slaves.
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He created oil for trains, and critics thought he created this just to gain money and popularity.
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This was the right for all citizens no matter their color, race, or previous condition of solitude to vote.
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This invention made it so much easier to communicate with family, employers, and help with emergencies.
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This was a battle where the native americans defeated the Us Troops. Yet the native americans had a big advantage because of thier horses and bulls.
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This is when the US Government allowed white settlers onto the land of the middle of the US that wasn't occupied yet. This let people gain land and make new states.
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Calvary kills 146 Soux at the wounded knee on the pine ridge reservation in South Dakota. During a shot was fired from either a Native American or soldier and the war broke out.
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When Ellis Island opened, it gave so may families the opportunity for freedom and a new, better life for their children.
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This woman wrote 19 articles about how standard oil was produced to aggressively and ruined the nature. She later ended up doing anything to fix it.
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this was about racial segregation. This resulted from when Hommer Plesy refused to sit in the back of the train car.
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The USS Maine was sent to Havana Harbor to protect the US during the Cuban War of Independence. The USS Maine exploded and sank. The Naval Units said it was sank due to an external explosion.
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This was a book about a girl who gets lost from a tornado. This is considered to be based off of the gold standard.
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He was the youngest president ever. He at first was nervous to become president because he felt like he wouldn't be as good as McKinley.
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Finance by merging of Carnegies steel company with Elbert H. Gary's steel company, and William Henry Moores National Steer Company for $492 million dollars.
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First motor production company to use an assembly line. Made cars more affordable and come out faster
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This processing island gave more opportunity for Asian immigrants to settle in the US. It was more difficult to go through Angel Island because it was so far from the mainland, there were no workers, and it just wasn't running efficiently.
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This allowed voters to directly vote for senators.
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This established Congress' right to impose a Federal Tax.
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This building was literally just made to win a race. The race for the world's tallest building.
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This man was the best of the best in the FBI. He had the dirt on anyone you could ever think of. He stayed in the FBI for 37 years, he eventually died at 77 and had his secretary burn all of his files.
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This was a manifesto written by Adolf Hitler.
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There were way too many unemployed people of America who were trying to buy stock by getting loans from the banks. This ended in the crash of the stock market (black Tuesday) because of the overwhelming amount of people buying stock.
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Known as the dirty 30s, the dust bowl was a severe drought throughout America. This lasted for almost a decade.
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President Woodrow Wilson signed the papers to adopt this song as our National Anthem in 1931. After more than 100 years after it was composed, it was finally made the United States National Anthem.
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Franklin Roosevelt beat President Herbert Hoover.
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Hitler was elected following a series of electoral votes by the nazi party.
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The CCC stands for the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5th this was guaranteed to be a part of the New Deal, establish by FDR.
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This was apart of the new deal established by FDR. WPA stands for Work Progress America. This was supposed to give people work.
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He won a 10-1 match. This was called the greatest fistic upset defeat of John Sullivan.
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This was amazing for people all over the world, but the nazi party just used this event as propaganda success for the party.
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This translates into the Night of Broken Glass. This was two nights where the nazis were going through jews houses and even non jews houses just incase they were hiding any. They also took all books from jews and non jews. There was also this infamous giant pile of books in the street and they were set on fire.
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This book is about an immigrant farmer who had it rough farming during the great depression. This book was also published on an awful day in history. It was published 4 years on the day of the black Sunday storm, one of the worst storms of dust bowl storms.
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This movie was premiered in Wisconsin because they believed it would fit the people that lived there more.This movie and book was banned for a while because government believe it wasn't right to make a story about a strong female character and make animals have human features.
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This was a winning battle for Britain against Germany after the fall of France.
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This was an address to the united states from FDR about freedom in America. He listed four things that are freedoms for Americans. Freedom of speech, freedom of want, and freedom of worship and freedom from fear.
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This was a surprise bombing onto the US naval Bases by the Japanese. This happened at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This occurred just before 8:00am.
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This was a time in WW2 where the Japanese were trying to overtake the US and turn it into a use for naval power. In the end the US used their Air force and well as their marines and beat japan and turned the tide for the rest of WW2.
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This was a war of great soviet success. While Germany was trying to gain control of Russia, the Soviet Union already had it in the bag. Soon the Soviet stopped Germanys advances into Russia and turned the way for the allied forces in the ear.
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This was an allied invasion of french North Africa.
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This was a program to help protect cultural property during the war.
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This was an embarrassing fail for Germany during this war. The Germans hadn't realized that the Soviet Union had time to precise their techniques. Soon Germany ultimately failed in trying to overthrow Russia for a second time.
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This was an operations done by the American, British and Canadian troops. They all landed on a strip of beach in Normandy. They did this to defeat the German control.
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Hitlers aim was the try and split the allies. As the germans may their way in ardennes, they formed into a big bulge like formation which was almost unstoppable. This lead to the costliest battle for the US with over 100,000 casualties.
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This was a major battle between the US Marines and the Japan imperial army. This was one of the bloodiest battle in WW2. Over 21,000 Japan soldiers and at least 7,000 American Marines were killed.
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This was a battle fought again by American Marines and Japanese soldiers. The Japanese were invading grounds for a while that they weren't supposed to. They then came onto Okinawa, an island that is also accompanied by other islands of Ryukyu.
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This dead has many different conspiracy theories, but the one most people believe is that he is dead. That he killed himself in his secret bunker. Some believe he is still alive to this day. This actually gave much relief to those who survived the concentration camps and those who lost their own in those camps.
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This was the second of two nuclear bombings in Japan by US Military.
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FDR died in Georgia from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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This was an earlier war and not many US soldiers died.
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This was one of the two nuclear weapons bombing on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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This is literally just a jazz music festival in Rhode Island -
This was the first presidential debates to ever be broadcasted and shown to the world. Both candidates believed they had something to prove during this and they lead onto have 3 more debates after this first one. Which is quite uncommon. -
This was done by Lee Harvey Oswald at a rally in Dallas, Texas. This was something more than shocking, and was done in front of thousands of people. -
This was the first time the Beatles were ever introduced and they became an instant sensation across the world. -
authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam. -
This was a bombing of Vietnam, done by the United States, during the Vietnam War. Which did result in failure. -
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This was a convention held at an amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois. This was occurring during a time of civil unrest and there were more than 100 riots following up to this convention. -
This was a trial of 8 rights people that attended the Chicago Democratic Convention. Only 5 of the 8 were actually convicted. Those are: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner. They were convicted on crossing state lines to incite a riot. -
This was a massacre of unarmed southern Vietnam citizens by US Troops. -
over 500,000 attended Woodstock. This was an opportunity for americans to unwind and relax about the Vietnam war. -
They broke up because John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York apartment and George Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001. -
This was a protest by Kent State University students in Ohio. National Guards killed four students and injured nine. -
This was a landmark decision of the supreme court. This was a case about women's right and keeping abortion legal.
