Significance of Louisiana Purchase
US Postage Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase Focus Question: What was the importance of the Louisiana Purchase? For more information on the Louisiana Purchase and Thomas Jefferson s Presidency, see United States History USI.22 The Louisiana Purchase Treaty Overview For a long time, France refused to give up control of its territories on the North American…
Summary of Pearl Harbor movie
Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free film poster – true for Pearl Harbor (film) Description This is a poster for Pearl Harbor . The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Touchstone Pictures, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. Further…
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Origins of the American Revolution
In 1781, as the American Revolution raged, a Connecticut magazine reported that a spectral George Whitefield (1714-1770) had appeared over a regiment of British troops, including Benedict Arnold. So frightened were these British regulars, the magazine claimed, that they burned their British finery. Those…
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1763 in American History
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 that ended the Seven Years’ War provided Great Britain with enormous territorial gains. Under the treaty, Canada and the entire present-day United States east of the Mississippi came under British control. With the official end of the war, Anglo-American colonists began to…
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American Civil War events
Decades of Division The Civil War was the culmination of a series of confrontations concerning the institution of slavery. 1820 | The Missouri Compromise This 1856 map shows the line (outlined in red) established by the Missouri Compromise. (Library of Congress) In the growth years following the 1803…
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Show me Abraham Lincoln
From a humble log cabin to the White House. Photo: Lincoln Museum Today is the 206th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln s birth (1809-April 15, 1865). This year, 2015, is also the sesquicentennial of his assassination. Lincoln, our 16th president, is best known for guiding the country through the Civil War…
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Purpose of Manhattan Project
Leo Szilard is one of the many historical characters who is distilled into Frank Winter’s personality. Szilard is one of the real characters of the Manhattan Project. A Hungarian émigré, he was the one who came up with the idea of the nuclear chain reaction, he was the one who urged the scientists self-censor…
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Pearl Harbor Excursions
The legacy of Pearl Harbor lives on, with Hawaii playing a critical role during the turn of events that reshaped world history. On this popular narrated tour of Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona Memorial and other historic Honolulu landmarks, you will explore firsthand what happened on Dec. 7, 1941 and how it greatly impacted the outcome of World War II. The excursion begins at Pearl…
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Major Political events
Getty Images It was a year of global conflict, which witnessed the rise of new players in an ever evolving geopolitical chess match. 2014 marked the end of some legacies and the beginning of new ones. As the year slowly winds down, and people across the global prepare themselves for the coming year. Here is a look at some of the major political events, which took place in 2014…
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