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colonial government in the thirteen colonies
American Revolution

Colonial Government in the Thirteen Colonies

The governments of the Thirteen Colonies of British America developed in the 17th and 18th centuries under the influence of the British constitution. After the

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American Civil War

Battle of Fort Sumter

Table of Contents The disagreement between the two states over tariffs quickly escalated into the American Civil War. On April 12th, 1861, Confederate forces bombarded

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Vietnam War

Ho Chi Minh Trail

The Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnamese: Đường mòn Hồ Chí Minh), also called Annamite Range Trail (Vietnamese: Đường Trường Sơn) was a logistical network of

no taxation without representation
American Revolution

No Taxation Without Representation

“No taxation without representation” is a political slogan that originated in the American Revolution, and which expressed one of the primary grievances of the American

border states
American Civil War

Border States

Table of Contents “Border States” refers to the slave states that surrounded the free states that made up the Union. When it came to winning

european theatre world war 2
World War 2

European Theatre of World War II

Germany and the Soviet Union were sworn enemies, but following the Munich Agreement, which effectively handed over Czechoslovakia (a French and Soviet ally, and the

iron curtain
Cold War

Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain is a term describing the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945