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The Declaration of Independence is one of the greatest documents of the united states history.
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In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton cleaning machine. Before it would take a man a day to clean a pound of cotton with the machine one man could clean fifty pounds of cotton a day.
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Lewis and Clark traveled from the east to the west coast. Up the Mississippi river they found over 200 plants and animals. They also made maps of the Mississippi river and made friends with Indians.
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The United States bought Louisiana for about 15,000,000 dollars in 1804. The U.S. bought about 530,000,000 acres for .03 dollars an acre.
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In 1807 a man named Robert Fulton made a steam boat. This made long trips by boat shorter and could go up stream which other boats couldn't.
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Texas went at war against Mexico for freedom from Mexico. The Texans claimed the rest of the U.S. and then later joined the United Stated.
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Texans met at a settlement called Washington-on-the-Brazos to decide to decide what to do about Santa Anna’s troops.
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In 1838, federal troops commanded by General Winfield Scott forced about 16,000 Cherokees into camps and they were forced into a new land.
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Texas and Mexico were having problems making boundaries the U.S... also knew that there was a slave trade down in Texas too.
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In the spring of 1846 the donor party set off on a trip out west and they got stuck on a mountain pass and they went to cannibalism and ate each other there was very few that survived.
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In 1848 a man named James Marshall found gold and this created a flood of people moving into C.A. to try and find gold. The gold rush eventually slowed down and was pretty much over by 1855.
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The Attack on Fort Sumter is what started the civil war.
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It was the event that involved the United States in world war 2 the bombing killed thousands.
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This court case ended public school segregation.
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This was the most popular car sold by ford today there have been than 8 million sold!
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Elvis was the king of rock and died at the early age 42
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the gratest day in history
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thousands of people died when terrorist atacked the twin towers. they also atacked the pentagon
