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Christopher Colombus was a Spanish Explorer. He was the first European since the Vikings to discover the New World. But he technically didn't discover the New World. He was just one of the leaders of the many voyages that set out to find the New World.
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John Cabot was an Italion Explorer.On June 24, 1497, John Cabot claimed Enlgand, behalf of England's King Henry VII to what thereafter would be called Newfoundland.
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Cartier was a French Explorer who on May 10 sailed across the ocean to the Newfoundland and explored parts of it. Later he established his countries claim ,to the present day Canada, while exploring the St. Lawrence River.
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Raleigh set out on an expadition on April 27, 1585 to explore the Eastern Coast of North America. He arrived on Roanoke Island on July 4th and then established it as a colony with the local natives.
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In 1606 John Smith went on a voyage with many others to find land and start a colony. When they arrived in 1607, Smith was designated to be one of the leaders of the new colony, James Town.
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A dutch trader sold 20 slaves to Jamestown people.
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The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists who were aboard the Mayflower and sailed across the Atlantic. All the adult male members singed it.
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The English Bill of Rights is a re-statement from the Decleration of Right, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England.
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The reason for the Proclamation of 1763 was to organize Great Britian's new North American empire and to create relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade.
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A direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act said that many printed materials in the colonies be printed on stamped paper, produced by London.
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A fictional character based on several different stories. Known for wearing either green or red suits and delivering presents on Christmas Eve.
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Announced the the 13 American Colonies, currently at war with Great Britian, declared themselves as independent states, and no longer part of the British Empire.
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Vermont is the first of the thirteen colonies to abolish slavery and enfranchise all adult
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Articles of Confederation is the first constitution of the 13 colonies stated an agreement among the 13 states founding the legally established United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states.
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A national constitution to replace the Articles Of Confederation.
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Home of the first log cabins in North America, built in 1683 by Swedish immigrants
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Home of he first magazine in America: the American Magazine, published in Philadelphia for 3 months in 1741
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Home of the world's first drive-in movie theater, built in 1933 near Camden
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Home of the Girl Scouts, founded in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912
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Home of the first American cookbook, published in Hartford in 1796: American Cookery by Amelia Simmons
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Home of the first World Series, 1903: the Boston “Americans” (became the Red Sox in 1908) vs. the Pittsburg Pirates (Pittsburgh had no “h” between 1890–1911)
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Home of the first umbrella factory in the U.S., 1928, Baltimore
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Home of the first tea farm in the U.S., created in 1890 near Summerville
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Home of Artificial rain, first used near Concord in 1947 to fight a forest fire
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Home of the only full-length statue of George Washington, placed in capitol in 1796
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Home of the first presidential inauguration: George Washington took the oath of office in New York City on April 30, 1789.
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First president, with John Adams.
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Home of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, on Roanoake Island in 1587
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4 million
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Home of Rhode Island Red chickens, first bred in 1854; the start of poultry as a major American industry
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Home of the largest production of maple syrup in the U.S.
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The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to set limits for what the government can and cannot do in regard of personal liberties.
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Home of the largest underground cave in the world: 300 miles long, the Mammoth-Flint Cave system
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This amendment was adopted to over rule the U.S. supreme courts.
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Home of Graceland, the estate and gravesite of Elvis Presley
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2nd president, with Thomas Jefferson.
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5.3 million
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The 3rd president with Aaron Burr.
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Home of the first electric traffic lights, invented and installed in Cleveland in 1914
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This amendment provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.
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4th president, with George Clinton.
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7.2 million
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Home of the most crayfish: 98% of the world's crayfish
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Home of the famous car race: the Indy 500
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4th president, with Daniel Tompkins
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Home of Coca-Cola, first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg
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Home of the tallest building in the U.S., Sears Tower, in Chicago
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Home of George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts
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9.6 million
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Home of the most easterly point in the U.S., West Quoddy Head1
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Home of Mark Twain and some of his characters, such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
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6th president with John Calhoun.
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7th president, with John C. Calhoun.
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12.8 million
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Thise Act was signedby Andrew Jackson, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. Then in 1838 the indians were forced to go west by the government, killing thousends of indians in the process.
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Home of the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
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Home of the Cereal Bowl of America, Battle Creek, produces most cereal in the U.S.
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8th president with Richard Johnson.
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17 million
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9th president, with John Tyler.
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Home of U.S. spacecraft launchings from Cape Canaveral, formerly Cape Kennedy
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Home of NASA, in Houston, headquarters for all piloted U.S. space projects
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Home of the shortest and steepest railroad in the U.S., Dubuque: 60° incline, 296 feet
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Home of the typewriter, invented in Milwaukee in 1867
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23 million
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Home of “General Sherman,” a 3,500-year-old tree, and a stand of bristlecone pines 4,000 years old are the world's oldest living things
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Home of the oldest rock in the world, 3.8 billion years old, found in Minnesota River valley
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Home of the world's smallest park, totaling 452 inches, created in Portland on St. Patrick's Day for leprechauns and snail races
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31.4 million
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Home of Helium discovered in 1905 at the University of Kansas
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Home of Marbles; most of the country's glass marbles made around Parkersburg
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Home of rare fish such as the Devils Hole pup, found only in Devils Hole, and other rare fish from prehistoric lakes; also the driest state
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Slavery Abolished The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery.
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Home of the only roller skating museum in the world, in Lincoln
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This amendment states that all people born or naturalized in the United States will be granted citezenship. Also it forbids every state to deny a person of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law.
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38.6 million
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This amendment states that all African American men have the right to vote.
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African Americans got the right to vote.
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Home of the world's largest silver nugget (1,840 pounds) found in 1894 near Aspen
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50.1 million
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Home of the geographic center of North America, in Pierce County, near Balta
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Home of the world's largest natural, indoor warmwater pool, Evans' Plunge in Hot Springs
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Home of Grasshopper Glacier, named for the grasshoppers that can still be seen frozen in ice
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Home of Lunar Rover, the vehicle used by astronauts on the moon; Boeing, in Seattle, makes aircraft and spacecraft
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62.9 million
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Home of the longest main street in America, 33 miles, in Island Park
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Home of the “Register of the Desert,” a huge granite boulder covering 27 acres with 5,000 early pioneer names carved on it
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Home of Rainbow Bridge, the largest natural stone bridge in the world, 290 feet high, 275 feet across
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76.2 million
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Home of the first parking meter, installed in Oklahoma City in 1935
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92.2 million
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Home of “Smokey Bear,” a cub orphaned by fire in 1950, buried in Smokey Bear Historical State Park in 1976
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Home of the most telescopes in the world, in Tucson
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This amendment states that the Congress can levy an income tax without apotioning among the states or basing it on the current Census.
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106 million
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A fictional, animated mouse with several buddies.
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123 million
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132 million
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151 million
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Home of the longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined
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Home of the only royal palace in the U.S. (Iolani)
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179.3 million
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179.3 million
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226.5 million
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248.7 million
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281.4 million
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308.7 million
