100 Facts

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Jamestown

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first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607.

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July 4, 1776.

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The Declaration of Independence was signed on

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# The of the United States was written in 1787.

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Constitution

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President Thomas Jefferson purchased the from France in 1803.

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Louisiana Territory

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The was fought from 1861-1865.

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Civil War

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The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at in April 1775.

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Lexington, Massachusetts

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was the site of the first battle of the American Revolution

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Concord, Massachusetts

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The was the turning point of the American Revolution.

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Battle of Saratoga

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# The British defeat at by George Washington’s troops signaled the end of the American Revolution.

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Yorktown, Virginia

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# The first shots of the Civil War were fired at in South Carolina.

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Fort Sumter

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The was the turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.

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Battle of Gettysburg

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# The capture of by the North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

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is the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.

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Appomattox Court House

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is an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.

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Mercantilism

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An was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.

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abolitionist