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Birth of U.S.
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington, the founding fathers of the United States founded this country in 1776 by signing a document called the Declaration of Independence. Which states the moral rules for out country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States -
Space Race
On July 31st, 1956, two days after the U.S. released that they were planning on launching and artificial satellite, The Soviet Union announced their intentions to do the same. On October 4th, 1957, Sputnik 1 was launched and thus started the great space race.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Space_Race -
Russia and The United States Share a Border
In 1990 Russia and the U.S. decided to share a border called the Maritime Border. The Maritime is a division of Earths water surface areas. They needed to share the area for trade. It is located off of the coast of California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR%E2%80%93USA_Maritime_Boundary_Agreement -
Birth of Russia
Boris Yeltsin, the newly elected president of Russia has had enough of the Soviet Union and it's people, so he decides to take a stand against it. Two days later, on December 25, 1991, the president of the Soviet Union resigned leaving Boris in control. -
Russia and The U.S 2010 Peace Treaty
On April 8th, 2010, a peace treaty between Russia and the U.S was signed. This treaty was created to try to solve some of the nuclear weapon issues between countries.
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1972 Treaty Withdrawal
On June 13th, 2002, George W. Bush announced the withdrawal of the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. He stated that, "treaty was now behind us" https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2002_07-08/abmjul_aug02 -
United States and Russia Today
During the 2016-2017 election, news was released that Trump had ties with Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and that the election was tampered with by Russian hackers.Trump says that relationships between the U.S. and Russia may be at a low point. Jr. Scholastic -
Vocabulary
Maritime Border: A national border that is formed by the sea.
Election: An organized process of electing or being selected.
Treaty: A rational agreement between two countries.
Resign: To voluntarily leave a job or place.
Soviet Union: A former federation of communist republics.
