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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). -
On August 2, 1776, Congress members signed the declaration. -
By the time the army marched into Valley Forge on December 19, they were suffering not only from cold, hunger, and fatigue, but from low morale in the wake of the disastrous Philadelphia Campaign. -
“Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” -
Siege of Yorktown September 28, 1781 joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. -
With this inauguration, the executive branch of the United States government officially began operations under the new frame of government established by the 1787 Constitution -
On June 21, 1788, the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it. -
Frustrated by French meddling in U.S. politics, Washington warned the nation to avoid permanent alliances with foreign nations and to rely instead on temporary alliances for emergencies. -
On December 14, 1799, George Washington died at his home after a brief illness and after losing about 40 percent of his blood -
Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. -
The U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison February 24, 1803 established the principle of judicial review—the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional. -
1920s. Margaret Gorman, winner of the 1921 “Inter-City Beauty” contest and the first Miss America. -
Nov. 2, 1920
first commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which went on the air in the evening of Nov. 2, 1920, with a broadcast of the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election. The success of the KDKA broadcast and of the musical programs that were initiated thereafter motivated others to install -
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When arrested, Sacco and Vanzetti lied to the police. For instance, they denied associating with anarchist Buda and denied visiting the garage. The prosecution claimed that Sacco and Vanzetti lied to deny involvement in the robbery and murders, and that these lies indicated their "consciousness of guilt."
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On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. -
Eighty years ago, in July 1925, the mixture of religion, science and the public schools caught fire in Dayton, Tenn. The Scopes trial -
On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.