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Because of the Tea Act, Boston rebels, disguised as Indians, raided British tea ships and dumped barrels of tea in Boston Harbor.
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The Declaration of Independence, the document that declared America's freedom from Britain, was signed on July 4th. It was signed by fifty-six delegates to the Second Continental Congress.
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Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory for 15 million dollars from Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
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Due to Linoln's election, Southerners believed they had "lost their political voice" in the United States Government. South Carolina was the first to leave the Union in December of 1860. Eventually, by February of 1861, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had joined South Carolina. The war began in April.
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The 13th Amendment, the abolisment of slavery, was passed by Congress on January 31st, 1865, and ratified December 6th, 1865.
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The Civil War came to end in April of 1865 when Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate soldiers, surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, the general of the Union army, at Appomattax.
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While viewing a play with his wife, Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth.
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Thanks to the Fifteenth Amendment, Male African-Americans were given the right to vote.
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The lightbulb was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879.
