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Due to it's location, near the Mississippi River, it was a vital port for domestic and international trade. This allowed them to control access to the entire Mississippi River Valley for the flow of resources like agricultural products and furs.

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An early settlement founded by the Dutch that was a major hub for Atlantic and regional commerce and trade. It also played a major role in diversity and religious freedom in America.

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First permanent settlement in North America, they started growing tobacco as a cash crop and the arrival of African slaves.

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Founded by English colonists in 1670 and it grew into a major colonial port city. They gained wealth from things like rice, indigo exports, and the Atlantic Slave trade. It also played a key role in the American Revolution.

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Known as the "birthplace" of America because it is where the Declaration of Independence was formed and signed. It was also a major iron supply that helped the Continental Army.

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Minute Man National Historical Park, Lincoln, MA

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The battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, marked the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

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Where the British were outnumbered and forced to surrender. The colonists victory was a turning point in the war because it inspired the French to help them fight the British.

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The American forces won a decisive victory against the British in 1777. This battle consisted of two smaller battles which convinced France to enter the war and help the colonists.

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The Louisiana territory is the land that was acquired by the United States from France during the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Costing 15 million dollars, the land stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

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A line drawn across the Louisiana Purchase Territory as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The line divided the territory into areas where slavery was prohibited (North) and where it was allowed (south).

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A crucial border state before and during the Civil War. It's status as a slave state central during the Missouri Compromise temporarily resolved the national slavery debate, and eventually became the 24th state in 1821 after the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

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Maine was a district of Massachusetts during the revolution and then officially became the 23rd state under the Missouri Compromise. Maine showed strong support for the Union during the civil war and had many individuals serving in the Navy.

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A significant 363-mile waterway, built between 1817 and 1825 that connected the Great Lakes and the Hudson River. It changed American history by revolutionizing transportation and trade.

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Slave states including Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and later on West Virginia. During the Civil War, these states did not leave the Union. They were called the Border States because they were between the North and the South so they acted like a border between the two.

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina

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Confederate forces fired on the Union fort which marked the start of the American Civil War. After about 34 hours the Union General surrendered and the Confederate states gained control of the fort.

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The Union Army ended up defeating the Confederate Army. Over the course of 3 days they fought facing significant losses and damages. After the battle the Confederate Army retreated to Virginia leaving the Union with a victory.

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A period of conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers. This conflict happened on Kansas Territory and was caused by the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act which allowed voting on slavery.

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A premeditated white supremacist mob which violently overthrew the elected biracial government of Wilmington, NC.

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Golden Spike National Historical Park, Corinne, UT

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A monumental spike that was used to complete the first Transcontinental Railroad in Utah.

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The main U.S. immigration station used processing over 12 million immigrants, with strict inspections. The island serves not only as a place where people can come into the country but it is also a symbol of hope.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial, Washington Place, New York, NY

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A garment factory located in New York which tragically burnt down killing 146 workers which were mostly young immigrant women. The fire happened because of the unsafe and unregulated working conditions inside of the factory such as locked doors, flammable materials, and a blocked fire escape. The fire inspired a movement for workplace safety which led to the creation of labor and fire safety laws.

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World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York, NY

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A foreign terrorist attack by Osama Bin-Laden on the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan New York as well as the Pentagon building in Virginia. 4 commercial airlines were hijacked by his followers and they flew them into all 3 locations killing and injuring hundreds and thousands of people.

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A global treaty signed in 1987 aiming to protect the Earth's ozone layer by getting rid of ozone-depleting substances.

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An international treaty signed in 1997 which committed to reducing the amount of greenhouse gases used by industrialized nations in order to reduce global warming.

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A detention camp was set up by President George W. Bush in 2002 in order to hold terrorism suspects and "illegal enemy combatants" during the "war on terror".

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An Islamic extremist group based in Afghanistan consisting of strict conservative ideologies.