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L’ANSE AUX MEADOWS

L’Anse aux Meadows, discovered in 1960, is the earliest documented European
settlement in North America, predating Christopher Columbus.


OPERATIONS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY (1775)

The Operations in Narragansett Bay were a series of military actions that took
place around Rhode Island, during the first year of the American Revolutionary
War, that contributed to the formation of the Continental Navy.


PEYTON RANDOLPH

Peyton Randolph was a lawyer, politician, and planter from Virginia who rose to
prominence during the American Revolution. Randolph served as Speaker of the
House of Burgesses and the first President of the Continental Congress in 1774.


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Lexington & Concord, Percy Report

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Hugh Percy

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Doolittle Engravings


NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

New Hampshire participated in the First Continental Congress. The New Hampshire
Provincial Congress elected two delegates in July, John Sullivan and Nathaniel
Folsom, and they attended the first meeting of the First Continental Congress on
September 5, 1774.


SALEM’S REPORT

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Massachusetts to the rest of the colonies. The Massachusetts Provincial Congress
and political leaders in the towns and counties, including Salem, created
reports of the events, to ensure the British were depicted as having started
hostilities.


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AMERICAN REVOLUTION TIMELINE

A detailed timeline of the events that took place during the American
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WAR OF 1812

An overview of the causes, battles, and events related to America’s “Second War
for Independence.”


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of the Maine to the Capitulation of Santiago.


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COLONIAL AMERICA AND THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR


SALEM WITCH TRIALS (1692–1693)

The famous Witchcraft Crisis took place in Salem Village in 1692–1693.


SEPARATISTS (PILGRIMS)

Puritan Separatists — the Pilgrims — left Europe and sailed to America for
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APUSH study guide for the Boston Massacre, the first bloodshed of the American
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BOSTON MASSACRE (1770)

When British troops fired into a crowd and killed colonists, Samuel Adams called
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BATTLE OF FISHER’S HILL

The Union victory at the Battle of Fisher’s Hill opened up the Shenandoah Valley
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LINCOLN ASSASSINATION

On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes struck a blow for the Confederacy when he shot
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