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Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. American victory.
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a period of immense hardship for the Continental Army under George Washington, marked by severe shortages of food, clothing, and shelter, leading to widespread disease, death, and desertion
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Benedict Arnold turned traitor to the American cause in 1780 by conspiring with the British to surrender the vital American fort at West Point to them in exchange for money and a position in the British army.
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The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina
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USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took place on the 19th of August 1812, one month after the war's first engagement between British and American forces.
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The Battle of Baltimore took place between British and American forces on September 12–14, 1814, during the War of 1812. Defending American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, by British forces
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pivotal battle of the War of 1812, fought on January 8, 1815, where American forces, led by Andrew Jackson, achieved a decisive victory against the British.
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President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jackson of the Democratic Party, making the election the second rematch in presidential history. Both parties were new organizations,
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The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar.
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after its defeat in the Mexican-American War (1846–1848), as mandated by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Abraham Lincoln was first elected President of the United States on November 6, 1860, as the candidate of the Republican Party, defeating three other candidates in a highly sectional election that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
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South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered cries for disunion across the slaveholding South.
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First major land battle of the American Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas, Virginia. It resulted in a decisive Confederate victory, largely due to reinforcements arriving by rail and a strong stand by General Thomas J. Jackson, who earned his nickname "Stonewall".
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War, which was fought between the Union and Confederate armies between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last, and ultimately one of the most consequential, battles of the American Civil War
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The catastrophic explosion of the U.S. battleship at anchor in Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898, which killed over two-thirds of her crew and sparked the Spanish-American War.
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The main event in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War was the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, where Commodore George Dewey's American fleet destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron
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President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act into law on March 3, 1931. This legislation followed a long process of popularization and official adoption, with the song gaining momentum as a patriotic symbol after the Civil War and World War I