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Virginia - First Colony
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13 Colonies
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New York - Second Colony
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Massachusetts - Third Colony
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Maryland - Fourth Colony
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Rhode Island - Fifth Colony
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Connecticut - Sixth Colony
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New Hampshire - Seventh Colony
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Delaware - Eighth Colony
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North Carolina - Ninth Colony
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South Caroline - Tenth Colony
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New Jersey - Eleventh Colony
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Pennslyvania - Twelfth Colony
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Georgia - Thirteenth Colony
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American Revolution Starts
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American Revolution
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Declaration of Independance
The authors of this book are Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston.
Three rights listed are life, liberty, and pursue of happiness. The main purpose of America's Declaration of Independence was to explain to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain. -
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Constitutional Convention
n September 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787. -
Lousiana Purchase
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Womens Rights Movement
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Civil War
A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the President at the time. -
Civil War Starts
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Emanciplation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22nd, 1862. It stipulated that if the Southern states did not cease their rebellion by January 1st, 1863, then Proclamation would go into effect. -
Civil War Ends
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Spanish American War Starts (No Specific Day)
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Spanish American War
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Spanish American War Ends (No Specific Day)
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World War 1
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Great Depression
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World War 2 Starts
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World war 2
The US fought againt Germany, Japan, and Italy. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the current president at the time. One of the generals was Dwight D. Eisenhower which was also our 34th president. -
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Colrd War
The main concern of the United States and the other western powers during the Cold War was that the Soviet Union would obtain control of the Western European countries through either invasions or by communist takeovers of unstable governments. -
Civil Rights Movement Starts
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Civil Rights Movement
The Key Leaders from this movement where Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Andrew Goodman. The President at the time was John F. Kennedy. The purpose of the civil rights movement was to establish equal rights for African Americans -
Civil Rights Movement Ends (No Specific Day)
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9/11
Islamist extremist group, that occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001. hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, DC. York, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
