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Columbus discovers America but thinks he has landed in India!
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The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock. The left their homes in England so that they could live in America and have religious freedom.
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With the signing of the Declaration of Indepence we became our own country! This meant that our government was no longer controlled by the British.
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George Washington becomes the very first president of he United States.
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Tennessee becomes the 16th state in the United States.
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A war started between The Confederate Army and Union Army. The confederate army was made up of many of the southern states we live around today.
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Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
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The very first Major League Baseball World Series begins in Boston, MA.
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World War I begins when Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated. The United States doesn't join the war until April 6. 1917
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World War II begins as the country of Germany begins to invade smaller countries around it. The United States joins the war in December of 1941 after Germany's ally Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to ever step foot on the moon. He was apart of the NASA missiong Apollo 11.
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The famous Leslie Britt is born!!
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President Barack Obama beomes the first African American president.