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Christopher Columbus Is Born
Christopher Columbus's "Discovery" of America is very controversial, but he did bring back a lot of information to Europe and helped allow people to move to 'The New World' -
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The American Enlightenment
The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American colonies in the 18th to 19th century, which led to the American Revolution, and the creation of the American Republic. -
Benjamin Franklin Is born
He was one of our founding fathers and he pioneered and was first president of Academy and College of Philadelphia which opened in 1751 and later became the University of Pennsylvania. -
George Washington Is Born
George Washington fought against the french for America's freedom and he became the first president of the United States Of America. -
Thomas Jefferson Is Born
Thomas Jefferson Was the president who purchased a large amount of land west of the old US knows as the Louisiana purchase, the aided the growth of America. -
Andrew Jackson Is Born
Andrew Jackson believed in true democracy, he called this Jacksonian Democracy, although he believed that Native Americans should be moved away. -
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Being the first expedition across the western Northern America this brought a lot of information and built "relationships" with many natives. This pioneered the expansion of the United States Of America. -
Abraham Lincoln Is born
Abraham Lincoln was president during the civil war and won this war, this resulted in the end of slavery. -
Frederick Douglas Is Born
Frederick Douglas was a former slave abolitionist who did many speeches and helped free slaves. -
Dred Scot Is Born
The Dred Scott case, was a decision by the United States that said "a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves" whether enslaved or free, could not be an American citizen and therefore had no standing in federal court.