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After years of small-scale civil war, Kansas was admitted into the Union as a free state under the "Wyandotte Constitution" on January 29, 1861. Most people gave strong support for the Union cause. However, guerrilla warfare and raids from pro-slavery forces, many spilling over from Missouri, occurred during the Civil War.
1916: Kansas troops serve on the U.S.-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution. 1922 and 1927: legal battles Kansas against the Ku Klux Klan, resulting in their expulsion from the state. 1925: Flag of Kansas designed by Hazel Avery. [4] 1928: Charles Curtis of Topeka, first Native American to be elected as Vice-President of United States [5]
The American Revolutionary War broke out against British rule in April 1775 with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. [1] The Second Continental Congress met in May 1775, and established an army funded by Congress and under the leadership of George Washington , a Virginian who had fought in the French and Indian War . [ 2 ]
1559 - Tristan de Luna founded the first short-lived settlement Pensacola, Florida. 1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founds St. Augustine, Florida. Spanish. [1] 1579 – Francis Drake claims New Albion for England. 1585 – The Roanoke Colony is founded. English. [1] 1588 – England and its Dutch allies defeat the Spanish Armada.
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1774: The Long Year of Revolution. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. ISBN 9780385353366. Shachtman, Tom (2020). The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution. St. Martin's Publishing. ISBN 9781250170743. Wood, Gordon S. (2002). The American Revolution: A History. Random House Publishing. ISBN 9780812970418.
Allison, 62, has been teaching at Granby High for 26 years. One of the highlights of his career came in 2008, when Obama visited his classroom while on the campaign trail.
Last week, Orman Hines, who spent years participating in the first modern archaeological digs of the colony and helped found the nonprofit group to remember, gazed out at the shoreline where the ...