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In the year of 1704, the first cotton mill was invented in America. This invention changed the course of human history.
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The Declaration of Independance was a document that settled peace among the 13 colonies with Great Britian.
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The Articles of Confederation were the United States' first form of written government.
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The British surrendered to the colonists in Yorktown, Virginia. The British brought 8,000 troops but despite all their efforts the colonists outsmarted them and they surrenedered.
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Shay's Rebellion was a series of protests against the local taxes that lasted from 1786 till 1787.
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The Constitutional Convention was a convention that where the problems of the U.S. were disscussed.
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The constitution was a document that stated the way a government ran in the United States of America.
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The bill of rights is where the first ten amendments to the constitution were written.
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The Cotton Gin was a machine that helped slavemasters produce more cotton. The Cotton Gin was pattented on March 14, 1794.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition was a journey that two men took to explore the Louisianna Puschase. The reason being so that white settlers could then later live there.
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The Trail of Tears was also known as the Indian Removal Act. As the name says, president Andrew Jackson removed all Indians form the Louisianna Territory and moved them all west. Many pepole died on the journey
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One day, at Sutter's Mill, gold was discovered. This discovery triggered one of the biggest events in American history. The event was known as the California Gold Rush.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a treaty signed for peace from mexico. This increased the size of America greatly by adding what is now known as Arizona, California, and Colorado.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the begging of the Civil War time period.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the biggest battle in the American Civil War. The battle itself lasted for three days.
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to Lakota as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, 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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The Great Depression was started by a huge stock market crash on thursday October 27, 1929. This date was known as "Black Thursday". The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939.
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The Apollo 11 landing was Neil Armstrongs first visit to the moon. It was the first time a human has ever visited the moon. He put an american flag on it.
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The attacks of 9/11 were terrorist bombings targetted towards the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House. The Twin Towers were bombed down along with the Pentagon. The White House was saved becuase of quick thinking passengers that fought for the controls and aimed it away.
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This is the glorious day on which I was introduced into the world. The day I was born.
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The day that Barrack Obama became President of the United States of America for his first term.
