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On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the Declaration of Independence, severing the colonies' ties to the British Crown.
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• In 1804 Lewis and Clark went on a journey to explore the west.
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• President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from France.
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• White people made the natives move “trail of tears”, so they could move in.
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• In 1835 Texas people said they wanted to be on their own to the Mexicans.
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In the spring of 1846, a group of nearly 90 emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west. Led by brothers Jacob and George Donner, the group attempted to take a new and supposedly shorter route to California. they ate each other when they died.
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The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war
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The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
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This attack was the beging of the cival war, and lasted two days, also once fort sumter was fired at there was no turning back.
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this was the day tht congress passed the law that women get the right to vote and not just men, That day marck the freedom for women to be able to do the same things as men.
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Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes.
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On May 17, 1954, the Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. The Brown case served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere and forming the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society.
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The day My Favorite artist was born!
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On july 20, 1969 Neil Armstong walked on the moon at 10:56.
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Elvis Presely died from cardiac arrhythmia when he was in his bath room when he died he fell on the floor in his bathroom.
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This was the day a glitter child was born
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On September 11, 2001 2 plane crashed into the world trate senter, one crashed in to the pentagon and the fourth in a field in pennsylvania.
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Michael Jacksons new album '' xscape" came out this day.
