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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias from British America's Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War.
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The winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778) was the Continental Army's harsh encampment during the American Revolutionary War
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Benedict Arnold turned traitor to the American cause during the Revolutionary War by making a secret deal with the British in 1780 to surrender the strategic fort at West Point in exchange for money and a commission 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. The British and Americans first met at the Battle of North Point.
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The Battle of New Orleans was a pivotal battle of the War of 1812, fought on January 8, 1815, where American forces, led by Andrew Jackson, decisively defeated a numerically superior British army.
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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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Mexico lost large portions of land, including modern-day California, New Mexico, Arizona, and more, to the United States through the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), ending with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848
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Abraham Lincoln was first elected President of the United States on November 6, 1860
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South Carolina formally seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to do so following the election of Abraham Lincoln
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The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was the first major land battle of the American Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861, in Virginia
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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 USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, an event that killed 268 crew members and helped ignite the Spanish-American War.
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During the Spanish-American War, there were two key events in the Philippines: the naval Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, where the U.S. destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet, and the land Battle of Manila on February 4, 1899
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The Star-Spangled Banner" became the official U.S. national anthem when President Herbert Hoover signed legislation on March 3, 1931. The journey to official adoption had been long, with the song gaining de facto status by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916