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Christopher Columbus sailed on the Santa Maria to North America. Even though everyone thinks Columbus it was actually the Vikings who were there first.
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Jamestown was found in 1607,it was a colony in virginia. It's on a peninsula for better protection and getting supplies. Jamestown was the first PERMANET English settlement in America.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a place of refuge for Quakers, it was know as Pennsylvania colony. The name Pennsylvania roughly translates to "Penn's Woods"
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Colonist stage the Boston Tea Party because they felt they were being taxted to much for tea, so 18,000 pounds of tea were dumped into the Boston harbor.
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It was a defensive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops, led by George Washington and French Army troops, led by Comte de Rochambeau. The war was against the British.
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New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and making the document the "law of the land"
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The french revolution began because of how the society mainly revolved around the rich, and how the cost of everything was rising. Hunger became a major issue, and France became backrupt do to funding the wars.
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The purchase of the territory of Louisiana took place during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. The U.S. paid 15 million dollars which was less than 3 cents per acre, The Louisiana territory covers all or parts of 15 current U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.
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Battle between u.s union and the confederacy, the battle lasted three days. After those three days the union won.
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Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, he was killed by John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson becomes president after.
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