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After a two month long voyage starting on August 3, 1492, Columbus reaches the land we believe is now the Bahamas.
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On May 13, 1607, about 100 men arrived in North America and chose to settle in Jamestown, Virginia.
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The French and Indian war began sometime in 1754 and ended 1763. It was a smaller part of the Seven Years' war between Great Britain and France.
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On December 16, 1773, a group of men boarded several ships loaded with taxed tea. They threw every chest of tea off the ships into Boston Harbor.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord, taking place on April 19, 1775, was a major event in America's history. The famed night when Paul Revere rode through the streets of Boston was the beginning of the Revolutionary War in which the colonists won their independence.
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The Declaration of Independence, signed by many historical figures on July 2nd and approved by Congress two days later, is an incredible piece of history in which we declared
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On September 28, 1781, George Washington had successfully led both the French and Continental army fleets to trap Cornwallis in Yorktown. After several weeks of firing at Cornwallis, he finally surrendered to George Washington on October 17, 1781.
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The Constitutional Convention was a long convention held to discuss the United States Constitution.
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Invented by Eli Whitney in 1794, the cotton gin made the process of removing cotton seeds from cotton fiber much easier.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of laws that changed the lives of aliens and prohibited false writings about the government.
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On March 18, 1820, Congress passed the Missouri Compromise.
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April 9, 1865,
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