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The Declaration of Independance was written by Thomas Jefferson and was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. It is a big event and it is why we have a holiday on July 4.
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The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777. The Articles were later ratifies in 1781.
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It was when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops at Yorktown, Virginia.
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The Shays Rebellion was a series of protests agaisnt state and local enforcments of tax collections. All the protest ended on Febuary 4 excpet on that ended in June 1787.
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The Constitutional Convention took place in Philidelpia. It was when our founding fathers wrote the constitution so our country would run smoother and effectively.
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On September 25, 1789 The first Congress of the United States adopted 12 amendments to the U.S. constitution.
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It was when articles 3 to 12 were ratified and were added to the constitution as the ten amendments.
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The original cotton gin created by Eli Whitney was patented on March 14, 1794.
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The Corps of Discovery Expedition was the first expedition that crossed the western portion of the United States. It was led by Lewis and Clark and their reason to go on the expedition was to explore the Louisiana Territory.
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On January 1, 1823 the first textile mill was opened. That mill became known as The Boott Mill.
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The Trail fo Tears was the route that the Cherokee Indians took when they were forced out of their land by Andrew Jackson. They were forced to move into land that is present day Oklahoma.
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On January 24, 1848 a carpenter from New Jersey Kames Wilson Marshall found flakes of gold near Coloma, California.
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The treaty added 525,000 square miles to the Untied Sttes territory. This included adding Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was th bombardment and the surrender of Fort Sumter, which is near South Caronlina. The Battle of Fort Sumter started the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the considered the most important engagment of the American Civil War. General Robert E. Lee marched his army of Northern Virginia into the Pennsylvania after a victory over the Union forces.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn iscommonly refered to as Custer's Last Stand. It was the battle between the combined forces of the Lakota and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of th United States Army.
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The Great Depression was the longest lasting economic dowturn in the history in the Western World.The Great Depression began after the stock market crash in October that wiped out million of investors.
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The Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed humans on the moon for the first time.
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On Septmeber 11 the Islamic terrosrist group, al-Qeada, attacked the World Trade Center in New York City. They targeted the Twin towers by flying 1 plane into each tower and killed 2,996 people.
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On this wonderful day I was born.
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The inaugaration of Barack Obama marked the commencement of the first four year term of Barack Obama as the president.