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  on july 4th, 1776, we as America declared independence from England.
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  The California Gold Rush boosted Californias economy and changed history.
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  The attack of fort sumpter started the civil war due to arguements about slavery.
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  The first equestrian events were held in the summer olympics.
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  The great depresion was a time periond when America lost almost all bussinesses due to a stock market crash.
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  Pearl Harbor was the first time American soil was ever bombed.
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  a seven year old african american girl named linda brown went up against the board of education about segragation.
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  ELvis died at age 42, many say that he died from a drug/ alcohal overdose.
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  terrorists comittred four suicide bombings on the twin towers, pentagons, and attemped to hit the white house but failed and crashed into a fiels in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania