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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born at St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. His parents were Edward and Mary Fitzgerald.
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The six colonies of Australia joined together in a federatioin to create commonwealth
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Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901. She died at age 81 and signaled an end to the Victorian Era
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president
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From October 11, 1899 until May 31, 1902 the Boer War was fought. It was fought between the Boers and and British in South Africa
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The San Fransisco earthquake was the first large disaster and also explained why earthquakes occur.
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The Ford model t was know at the "Tin Lizzie" and changed the way Americans live, work and travel. For the first time everyone was able to own a car without having to be wealthy.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald attened Newman School from 1911-1913 which was a college prep school in New Jersey. There he met Father Sigourney Fay. He encouraged Fitzgerald to pursue his ambitions and dreams.
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Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece, The Mona Lisa was stolen off the wall in the Louvre in France.The crime was so inconceivable that no one saw it was missing until the next day.
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New Mexico became America's 47th state.
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At Princeton University, Fitzgerald he wrote many scripts for Princeston muscials. Fie!Fie! Fi-Fi was one of them.
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World War 1 was fought between 1914-1919 in Europe. There was about 10 million solider deaths and 20 milion wounded.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of Priceton University, probably because he was put on pobation, and joined the U.S. army to help in World War I. However, he feared he would die in the War without completing his literary dreams, so he wrote The Romantic Egotist before reporting to duty.
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World War I started in 1914 but the U.S. didn't enter the war until 1917
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After the war, Fitzgerald moved to New York where he would hope to launch a career in advertising and getting enough money to hopefully please Zelda so he could marry her.
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The World Peace Treaty was signed, after a 5-month conference
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Zelda broke her engagement with F. Scott Fitzgerald because his salary wasn't good enough for Zelda. She was tired of waiting for him to make his fortune.
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The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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On March 26, 1920 This Side of Paradise was published. It made Fitzgerald famous almost overnight.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald marries Zelda Sayre after he becomes famous from his book This Side of Paridise. They lived an extravagant life as celebrities.
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Zelda and F. Scot Fitzgerald's daughter Frances was born.
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F. Scott's Fitzgerald's most notable novels, The Great Gatsby was published. It had a lasting affect on the Americans at that time that made Fitzgerald very famous.
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The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1940. It was a severe economic dowturn. It was caused by an over-extended stock market and a drought.
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The Immigration Act was a state federal law that limited the number of immigrants allowd in America.
