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The first colony was founded on this date in Jamestown, Virginia.
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The United States wins their independence from England as declared by the Continental Congress.
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George Washington becomes the very First President of the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj2HRI9Le9E
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Sam Houston (when he is General) and the Texan Army defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes.
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Sam Houston was an American politician that helped the state of Texas become a constituent state of the United States. http://www.history.com/topics/sam-houston/videos
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjYG1Tyaos
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Lincoln issued a presidential executive order called the Emancipation Proclamation that freed over 3 million slaves.
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He was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Au81aHuSg
