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Columbus circled the globe.
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The British settled in north America.
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The french and Indian war was a war between the British and France. Each side was supported by american Indianans that were allies.
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The Boston Massacre was when the British soldiers shot and killed people.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania.
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The battle of Yorktown is the last land battle of the American Revolutionary War.
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Is when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states, endorsed the Constitution created during the four-month-long convention.
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It is when George Washington took the oath as the first president of the United States.
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The cotton gin is a machine that is used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed.
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The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France.
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Lewis and Clark expedition begins was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.
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British forces marched on Washington, defeated U.S. forces, and burned the Capitol.
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The Battle of the Alamo was fought between the Republic of Texas and Mexico.
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Actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.