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The site of the first battle of the American Revolution

the first shots of the Civil War were fired in South Carolina

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

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement was founded

rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are some of those rights.

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

the laws and principles of the government of the United States

person who wanted to end slavery in the United States