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The Declaration of Independence gave the 13 american colonies their Independence from Englands rule. Therefore establishing the Contenental Congress.
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The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803 by the president Thomas Jefferson. He bought the land from France for $15 million, 3 cents an acre. The US then had complete possession over the Mississippi River,
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The Lewis and Clark Journey West was when the outdoors man, Clark, and the map maker, Lewis, set out to find many different discoveries of many different plant and animal species.
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American settlement in Texas began with the encouragement of first the Spanish, and then Mexican, governments. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto, where the Texian army under General Sam Houston routed the Mexican forces with a surprise attack.
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When war broke out against Mexico in May 1846, the United States Army numbered a mere 8,000, but soon 60,000 volunteers joined to fight against the United States.
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James Marshall was the first man to discover gold, and by 1849 over 300,000 people of different races have fleed to California for the search of gold.
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The Attack on Fort Sumter was initiationed when South Carolina demanded the US army to remove its stronghold from the state. This was the beginning of the American Civil War.
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It was a Supreme Court case prohibiting state laws to segregate school students based on race. They declared it was unconstitutional and was a violation on human civil rights.
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Elvis Presley was an international sensation! He was in 33 sucessful film and he made history with his apperances on tv. He sold over a million records world wide. He was one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.
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Cellphones, which became available to the public ten years after their first demonstration, are an import invention that has lead to what now are miniature computers, or smart phones. It has also given people more ways to call for help and communicate in general.
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The invention of Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist working in the CERNS laboritory, of what is known today as the web, changed how people communicate in current history. It gives people access to information that they would not even knew exists. Today the structure that even runs our school can not function without the world wide web.
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The best day in history!!!
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At 8:46 am September 11th was the day that changes many peoples lives. An airplane had crashed into the north tower of the World Trates center. Only minutes later another plane crashes into the south tower of the World Trates center. About 3,000 people were killed during this event.,
