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Spanish explorers came to the Americas searching for a shorter route to Asia. They brought over diseases and began to colonize the region when they found out there was gold.
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Settlers from England came to the Americas in search for a better life. They wanted religios freedom with a safe place to raise families with a better life.
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By this time, Englad had 13 colonies in America. They were on the East Coast and Boston was a major city where people came to from other countries across the Atlantic
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This year, the colonists decided to protest English taxes and eventually started a rebellion. Men fought and some women nursed the wounded.
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This was the year the Declaration Of Independance was signed by the founding fathers. This is the document showed that america is its own country and independant from england
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by this time, america took the lead in the revolutionary war.
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America was finally considered its own nation by other countries.
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Jefferson bought the louisiana territory from france and expanded america. this doubled americas size and made them feel more powerful
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Florida territory was obtained from spain. this wasnt much land but it meant america was growing
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The removal of native americans off their native lands. many natives fought back but they moved because they were defeated.
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Texas fought for its freedom from mexico. they stayed independant for a little bit and then entered the union.
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Britain gave America the oregon territory.
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by this year, America had obtsined california, utah, nevada, new mexico, and other states from mexico
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Women began to fight for their civil rights. they wantedto be equal to men and have the right to vote as well as go to work
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this war was between the north and the south. it was mostly about slavery but had other smaller reasons
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Lincoln declared that slaves should b freed and equal. they were given civil rights and the right to vote
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the civil war ended. the north had won and the slaves were freed. reconstruction of america began
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the typewriter was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes
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between the Sioux and american malitia men. the sioux won but a couple days later, the malitia men slaughtered the entire village including women and children
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Thomas Edison made a lightbulb using electricity. powerplants were built to create electricity for cites and towns. many new inventions were made that ran on electricity
