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the Boston tea party
the Boston Tea Party, was based at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. Americans were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing higher taxation. They dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by Britten into the harbor. -
U.S. Bill of Rights signed
A House and Senate Conference Committee settled their disagreements President George Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states -
Congress passes 13th Amendment abolishing slavery
slaves were freed in multiple stated post the 13th amendment -
The Star Spangled Banner become the U.S. national athem
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NATO is formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created together by the United States, Canada, and Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere -
Rosa Parks arrested for not moving to the back of the bus
The human rights protesting started when a black woman names Rosa Parks refused to move her seat for a white person on a bus -
The first us troops arrive in Vietnam
The US Marines landed at Da Nang in South Vietnam, and regular troops of the North Vietnamese Army continued to infiltrate into the South. -
Martin Luther King Jr. leads march from Selma to Montgomery, AL
Martin Luther King, Jr. the systemic separation of people based on race or religion protested to support voting rights for African Americans, taking the form of a 54-mile walk between the Alabama town of Selma and the capital, Montgomery. -
President John F. Kennedy was assasinated
JFK the 35th president was assassinated by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan -
Vietnam peace treaty signed in Paris
representatives of the South Vietnamese, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States forces gathered in Paris to sign the Paris Peace Accords