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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution
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Revolutionary war
The war for freedom and independence of America -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The founding fathers have signed a declaration of war with England -
creation of the first guitar
It was developed by Christian Frederick Martin, a German-born American luthier who made his first guitar in the United States in the 1830s. -
Henry David Thoreau published Walden
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The civil war
The war between north and south of America for slavery. -
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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creation of the internal combustion engine
George Brayton invented the first commercial liquid-fueled internal combustion engine. -
The creation of cocoa cola
People mixed sugar and water to get soda -
The invention of a car
The Model T was introduced to the world in 1908. -
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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creation of grocery stores
The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders, an inventor and entrepreneur. -
US Congress created the National Park Service
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creation of the 40 hour work week
Henry Ford popularized the 40-hour work week after he discovered through his research that working more yielded only a small increase in productivity that lasted a short period of time. -
he first rocket to be launch
Rocket was created and was launched -
Rachel Carson published Silent Spring
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
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Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
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U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
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U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation