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Was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain.
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The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
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Fighting began on April 19, 1775 at Lexington, Mass. and nearby Concord. British strategy called for crushing the rebellion in the North. Several times the British nearly defeated the Continental Army
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Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of hours to separate the cotton seed from the raw cotton fibers.
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Civil WarMore than three million men fought in the Civil War. Two percent of the population, more than 620,000 died in it. Bloodiest war in the United States history.
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World War I was characterized by trench warfare. Each army dug protective trenches-long, deep rows of ditches dug in the ground-in which they slept, ate and fought against the enemy
