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New England Restraining Act
Parliament passed an act banning trade between the New England colonies and any other country besides Great Britain.British troops continued to attempt to seize colonial ammunition, but were turned back in Massachusetts, without any violence.
Where I got My Info
http://www.boston-tea-party.org/timeline.html -
Declaration of Independence
The Decalaration of Independence is a statement that announced the 13 American colonies at war with Great Britain till then were no longer a part of the British Empire. The Declaration of Independence was to express the ideals of individual liberty and the philosophy of the need of freedom.
Wher I got info
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-about-the-declaration-of-independence.html
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war of 1812
The states really wanted to get back at the British for blockating their trade with France.
Where I got my Info
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/History/War-of-1812-12030.html -
Mexican War
This was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico.It ended in 1848.One major factor was the American ambition that started it.
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http://www.history.army.mil/images/artphoto/pripos/usaia/Remember.jpg
Where I got my Info
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Civil War
war from 1861 to 1865. It was started over slavery and taxes on cotten exports.
Where I got info
http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm)
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Battle of Reconstruction
It was mainly started because the U.S. focused on abolishing slavery, destroying all traces of the Confederacy, establishing the rights of Freedmen
Where I Found my Info
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Reconstruction
Pic
http://bullrunnings.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/rocco-chickamauga.gif
