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declaration of independance
When armed conflict between bands of American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, the Americans were constintly fighting only for their rights as subjects of the British crown. By the following summer, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, the movement for independence from Britain had grown, and delegates of the Continental Congress were faced with a vote on the issue. -
The louisiana Perchase
The louisian perchase was land that america bought from france that doubled our land, gave us control of the mississippi river fully and it also was a good deal at 15 million dollars witch was 3 cents an acre -
The Lewis And Clark Expodition West
lewis and clark were hired to explore the newly bought land and find what it has to offer they meet lots of natives and they also discovered over 300 different plants and animals species. -
The Texas war for Independance
The mexican government allowed americans to come to the texas territory but the americans came in and out number the mexicans 10 to 1! So the mexican government decided to put taxes on the americans so they went to war and the rep. of texas was formed. then it became part of america. -
The Mexican American War
After texas became its own republic the people wanted to join america so they did and the mexicans saw this as an act of war and attacked. -
The Attack On Fort Sumter
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The Wright Brothers
On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. -
Brown VS The Board Of Education
The Supreme Court's opinion in the Brown v. Board of Education case of 1954 legally ended decades of racial segregation in America's public schools. Originally named after Oliver Brown, the first of many plaintiffs listed in the lower court case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, the landmark decision actually resolved six separate segregation cases from four states, consolidated under the name Brown v. Board of Education. While the attorneys originally argued the cases on appeal to t -
apollo 11
In just about a week we remember the significant events of July 20, 1969, when humanity did itself proud, in spite of all its wars, sadism, hatred, and insanity. We set foot on another world. We have no choice but to remember the awful things our species has perpetrated on itself and on Planet Earth. But we can now choose to think of ourselves as ultimately good. Beneath it all, we are a decent species. We did not, until this date, possess or even deserve a universal common ground on which to ag -
elvis presly death
websiteElvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42 at the time of death. He had been on the toilet, but fallen off onto the floor, where he lay in a pool of his own vomit. Panicked, his staff contacted an ambulance, which rushed him to nearby Baptist Memorial Hospital, where, after several attempts to revive him, he died at 3:30 pm CST. His autopsy was performed at 7:00 pm. -
my birthday
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9/11 attacks
<a href='http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks' > on setember 11, 2001 four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers
