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1619: First ship of enslaved African people arrive at U.S colonies.

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1619: First ship of enslaved African people arrive at U.S colonies.

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Over a century-and-half before the U.S became its own nation, 20 enslaved African people were shipped from their homes to the Virginia colony. From this event the long lasting enslavement of African Americans stemmed.

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A seven-year war that began due to conflict between the French and British colonies due to the French expansion into the Ohio River. The end of the war resulted in the Proclamation of 1763 and multiple taxes, leading to many British colonists to seek independence

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A riot between colonists and British soldiers due to the taxation on British goods in the colonies. The riot got violent and the soldiers fired upon the colonists, killing multiple. The even and the resulting anti-British propaganda art led to an even stronger push for independence.

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A document to the British expressing the wishes of colonists to break free of their control and act as their own independent nation, leading to the Revolutionary war.

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A war between the American colonies and the British fought to decide whether the colonies would break free of British rule and become their own independent nation. Ultimately, the colonies won, and the United States became their own Nation.

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1789-1797: George Washington as president.

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1789-1797: George Washington as president.

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George Washington was leader of the revolutionary army that won the war for independence. He served two four-year terms as president, overseeing the construction of the nation's capital and would peacefully transfer power to his successor John Adams.

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Topic: Autism Speaks

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Autism Speaks is founded by Bob and Suzanne Wright due to their grandson being born autistic.

Berrington, Lucy. “A Reporter's Guide to the Autism Speaks Debacle.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 14 Nov. 2013, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/aspergers-alive/201311/reporters-guide-the-autism-speaks-debacle

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Autism Speaks releases a controversial ad called "I am Autism" which has since been removed.

“I Am Autism Commercial by Autism Speaks.” YouTube, Find Yaser, 20 Apr. 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UgLnWJFGHQ

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John Elder Robison, one of the very few actually autistic members of the organization leaves after various attempts to change their perception of autism.

Robison, John Elder. “My Time with Autism Speaks.” SpringerLink, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 8 November. 2019, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-8437-0_16

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New ads for autism speaks, renewing my interest in the organization and picking it for my sjs topic.

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Indian Removal Act: A law signed into law by president Andrew Jackson. The settlers attempted to make negotiations with the natives over the rights to their land. This led to natives being forcefully removed from their homes if they did not comply with the agreement the settlers set up. This only further proved the white settlers distaste for having to share any land with the people who were there long before they were even born.

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Trail of Tears: As a result of the removal act signed by Andrew Jackson, thousands of natives living in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida were forced out of their homes and had to endure a long and deadly journey to a designated land set up by the settlers. No matter the circumstance, the greed of white settlers always led to the forceful introduction of their customs and the seizure of what wasn’t theirs.

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Manifest Destiny: The American settlers saw the land of the entire continent as their, and in their desire for westward expansion natives were forcefully removed from their homes to create more land for the settlers who had only been there for a dew centuries.. Native Americans along with any other non-European citizens were mistreated as a result of the settlers' greed. Westward expansion had already been prevalent since 1803 with Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase, though it was president James K Polk who was the most associated with the westward expansion in the mid-century.

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Homestead Act: A law passed by president Abraham Lincoln, in which settlers were given the right to 16- acres of land. This was done so settlers of all walks of life had the potential to be landowners. However, by granting settlers the right to 160 acres of land, the land of native Americans was overrun by settlers who believed the right to the land was theirs.

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Dawes Act: A law signed by president Grover Cleveland. The law was signed as a means to have native Americans assimilate into their preferred cultural custom, the settlers granted themselves the right to forcefully destroy the culture of native tribes.

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Trump was born (wooo /j): Everyone's favorite U.S president entered the living world and probably already hated anyone with less money than him.

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Vietnam war: Vietnam broke out into a civil war between 2 sides, U.S joined the war to stop communism from spreading.

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U.S boycotts Moscow Olympics: This was to protest the soviet invasion of Afghanistan and due to preexisting tensions.