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July 4th, 1776 was the day that the Delcaration of Independence was signed and we gained freedom from Britian
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On September 17th, 1787, the Constitution was approved/ Previous to this the Constitutional Convention occured and the topic of a Constitution came up. Out of that convention the Constitution was born and has served as the basis of the US Govt. ever since it's ratification
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America bought the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of the Us and gave them access to the Mississippi River.
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Prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory and admitted Missouri and a slave state and Maine as a free state
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Slave rebellion that occured in Virginia, killing many whites. Later in the South, laws were passed restricting the rights of free blacks.
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Texas declared independence from Mexico and later on became the 28th state in the Union
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A treaty ending the war with the US and Mexico, in which Mexico ceded CAlifornia and New Mexico to the United States
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Made California along with other states free and helped avoid a secession
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Dred Scott appealed to the court that he was free. When his owner died he claimed that he was free since he had been living on free soil.
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South Carolina was the first state to declare it's secession and later on formed the confereracy.
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This was the first major battle o the civil war. It took place on Union soil and was the bloodiest one day batte American history.
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The battle took place when Ulysses S.Grant and his army attempted to capture adn surround Vicksburg and all it's confederates. This ended on July 4th, when Pemberton surrendered his army.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in Gettysburg Pennsylvania between the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. IT took place over the course of 3 days (July 1st through 3rd) and had the most casualties of the whole war