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jamestown
first permant english settlement -
gettyburg address
speech given by president abraham lincoln to honor the men who died at the battle of gettysburg -
declartion of independence
an american document in which we explain to the world why we no longer wanted to be part of the british empire -
yorktown, virgian
battle of the american revoultion which gen washington with much help from the french was able to corner gen cornwillis and his army to surrender,ending the war -
constition
a document that was called the supreme law of our country -
treaty of paris
the teraty of paris between the us and britian that ended the american revoultion war giving the us its independence -
cotton gin
a machine invented that claned cotton much faster than human workers -
lousiana purchase
lousiana puchase is when we bought land to increase our size doulble -
war of 1812
war between the united states and britian -
missiouri compromise
to maintain the balance pf power between slave states ans free states -
emancipation proclamation
a speech given A. lincoln in which he freed all slaves in states that where in rebiloion againest the union -
appomaxed court house
the virgian town when lee surrendered to grant endeding the cibil war
