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Colonial America
13 colonies: Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia -
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French-Indian War
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American Revolution
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Declaration of Independance
Authors: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston
3 rights: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
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Constitutional Convention
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Louisiana Purchase
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Women's Right Movement
Leaders: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Abby Kelley Foster, and Sojourner Truth
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Civil War
Slavery
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Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves shall be free -
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Spanish-American War
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WWI
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Great Depression
President Herbert Hoover/ Frankling Roosevelt -
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WWII
Germany, Japan, Italy
Pres: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Cold War
The geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR
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Civil Rights Movement
Leaders: Bayard Rustin, Andrew Young, . William Ryan, James Farmer, and John Lewis
Reason: African Americans -
9/11/01
Terrorists attacked the U.S.
