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American Revolution
American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. Revolution arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and colonial government, which represented the British crown. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France in which U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi Rivera for $15 million. -
The Indian Removal Act
Act was issued by president Andrew Jackson which authorized him to negotiate with Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of Mississippi River in exchange for white settlements of their ancestral lands -
American Civil War
American Civil War (war between the states) was a four year war between the United States and 11 southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham, the 16th president of the United States was assassinated by a well-known stage actor named John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C
