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Events
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Mayflower Compact Signing
This is a significant event in Americas history because, this was the first governing of the Plymouth colony. John Adams called it the foundation to the Constitution of the United States. -
Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
This was an important event in American history because it angered the colonist but brought them together to protest and got the act lifted. To me this event made the colonists stronger. -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
This was a significan because its an iconic event of American history. This led to many other protests and eventually the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
This was a significant event because people met and considered options for british boycotts. The people at this meeting also made a list of grievances and rights and petitioned King George 3 for the grievences -
American Revolution Begins
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Battle of Concord
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Signing of the Decleration of Independence
This is a significant event because this document is what got us freedom from british rule. If we were still under british rule, we would still have hardly any freedoms and be paying ridiculous taxes. -
Battle of Saratoga
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Treaty of Paris Signed
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Constitution Adopted
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George Washington elected first president of the united states
This event is significant because this is our very FIRST president. This is also significant because if he would have never been elected, the federal government would have never been assembled. -
Bill of Rights proposed to First congress of the United states
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Louisiana Purchase
To me, the Louisiana Purchase is a significant historical event because France doesnt own half of America anymore. If France did all that land today, there could be many border disputes over the territory and wars could have broken out. -
Missouri compromise
This is a significant event because it regulated slavery in the western terretories and prohibited slavery in the Louisiana territory. -
Compromise of 1850
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Kansas Nebraska act
This is significant because it created the states Kansas and Nebraska. It also allowed settlers to vote on allowing slavery or not. -
Aberham Lincoln isseud Emancipation Proclamation
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13th Amendment Adopted