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Declaration of Independence
What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence This is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation - the United States of America. -
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10 Most Important Events in US History
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The Louisiana Purchase
Roughly 1/5 of modern day America was purchased by Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon for about 15 million dollars. They agreed and signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty on April 30, 1803. -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The 16th President of the United States was shot while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. -
Black Tuesday
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base in the United States Territory of Hawaii. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
"I Have a Dream"
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK Assassination The 35th President of the United States was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong became the first man to step onto the lunar surface.
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"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
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Nixon's Resignation
Address Announcing Resignation The 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon resigned after being disgraced by Watergate, a scandal which shook American faith in the government. The activities included such "dirty tricks" as bugging the offices of political opponents and people of whom Nixon or his officials were suspicious. He was the only president to resign. -
9/11
WTC plane crash The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. The attacks consisted of suicide attacks used to target symbolic U.S. landmarks, the towers of the World Trade Center.
