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  1. 4. the surrender at Yorktown, or the german battle, ending on october 19, 1781, at yorktown, virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of american continental army troops led by general george washington and french army troops led by the comte de rochambeau.
  2. 6. american Revenue Act 1764 or the american duties act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the parliament of great britain on 5 April 1764.
  3. 8. a proposal to the united states constitutional convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  4. 11. february 2, 1848 ended the war between the united states and mexico.
  5. 13. american political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
  6. 15. railroad 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at council bluffs, iowa with the pacific coast at the oakland long wharf on san francisco bay.
  7. 16. pitted the colonies of british america against those of new france, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by native american allies.
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  1. 1. pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting in philadelphia, pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
  2. 2. a proposal for the structure of the United states government presented by william paterson at the constitutional convention on June 15, 1787.
  3. 3. also known in the united states as the mexican war and in mexico as the intervención estadounidense en méxico, was an armed conflict between the united states and mexico from 1846 to 1848.
  4. 5. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
  5. 7. a gentleman.
  6. 9. denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  7. 10. the lakota and other plains indians as the battle of the greasy grass and also commonly referred to as custer's last stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the lakota, northern cheyenne, and arapaho tribes and the 7th cavalry regiment of the united states army.
  8. 12. an american statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and founding father who served as the third president of the united states from 1801 to 1809.
  9. 14. a colony.