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Declaration of Independence Signed
The American people made laws to help make the country better and fair. -
Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. -
British Surrender of Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York. -
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Shays Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. -
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Constitutional Convention
The constitutional convention was to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
Ratification of Consitution
The bill of rights was proposed to Congress. -
Ratification of the Bill of Rights
Three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. -
The cotton gin patent
The cotton gin had been become a patent on this day. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark journey was to go coast to coast looking for new territory out west. They discovered new plants and animals and were able to create relations with native indians along the way. -
First Textile Mill
The first textile mill was first open and ready for workers to come work. This was in Lowell,Massachusetts. -
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Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears is when the american government removed the indians from "our land" so that we could move out west. -
Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill
Eyewitness to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill - 1848. Just forty-six (46) years ago to-day the great and memorable discovery of the California gold was made at Capt. John A. Sutter and James W. Marshall's sawmill, on American Fork River, California. -
Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The war officially ended with the February 2, 1848, signing in Mexico of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The first battle of the civil war. -
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The most important and largest battle of the union and nonunion civil war. -
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Battle of Little Bighorn
It was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army -
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Great Depression
The financial and industrial slump of 1929-1939 casued by the wall street market to crashed. -
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The first manned moon launch sending humans to the moon for the first time. -
9/11 Attack's
Osama Binlandin planned a attack on the twin towers, a US airplane, world trade station, and Pentagon. To kill thousands of Americans. -
Lauren's Birthday
The day I was born. -
Inauguration of Barack Obama
Barack Obama was elected president and was sworn in on this date.