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Columbus founded America
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Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America.
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The Mayflower Compact was the first aggreement to work together and let the majority rule.
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The French and Indian War was fought between the British and French in North America.
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The Sugar Act was a tax that the British Parliment had put on sugar and molasses.
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The British Parliment had imosed a direct tax on stamps
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The Townsand Act were a series of laws passed by the British Parliment relating to the British Colonies in North America.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle to start the American Revolution.
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The Declaration of Independence was sighned on July 4, 1716 and is now a national holiday in the United States.
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Battle of Saratoga was actually two battles one was Freemans Farm and the Battle of Bemis. The British ended up surrenduring and the Americans won.
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The Battle of Yoktown was one of the last major battles fought in the Amercan Revolutionary War.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, which ended the American Revolution.
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George Washington was not only the first president of the United States but the first president to be elected ununamilsy.
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The Louisanna Purchase doubled the size the United States.
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The Missouri Compromise was an aggreement between pro-slavery and anit- slavery.
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Texas was the 28th state to be added into the United States, this act quickly led to the Mexican-American War.
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The Kansas Nebraska Act was an agreement where they let people vote and decide for themsleves if they wanted to be free or slaves
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The Civil war was fought between the the Condederate States and the Northern States which had abolished slavery. So the eleven Confederate States had declared a sucession. The war had ended April 9, 1865 adn the Northern States had won and slavery was abolished in the United States,
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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, that states that all slaves shall be set free.
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The 13th Amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, which abolished slavery in the United States.
