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French and Indian war
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France -
Battle of Lexington and concord
First battle of American revolution -
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American revolution war
America battling Great Britain for freedom -
Declaration of Independence
Americas freedom from Britain -
Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of American revolution -
Writing of the constitution
Made the basic structure of the government -
Bill of rights
The first 10 amendments -
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Manifest destiny
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom -
Industrial revolution
Introducing the factory system -
Battle of fort sumter
Started the civil war -
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Civil war
War between the north and south -
Battle of Gettysburg
Bloodiest battle ever on USA’s soil, with 50,000 casualties in 3 days that ended the South’s chances of victory. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day -
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Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement in the United States was a decades-long struggle with the goal of enforcing constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that white Americans already enjoyed.
