By June 1776, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, a growing majority of the colonists had come to favor independence from Britain. OnJuly 4, the Continental Congress voted to adopt theDeclaration of Independence, drafted by a five-man committee including Franklin andJohn Adamsbut written ...
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 saw the British Empire invade the independent Zulu kingdom in South Africa. Click for more facts & worksheets.
The struggle for LGBTQ rights dates at least as far back as 1924 and accelerated in the wake of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.
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Finally, two major technological advances were introduced just a few years after the war; George Westinghouse's automatic air brake of 1869 and Eli Janney's automatic coupler of 1873. These two devices were so revolutionary they remain in regular use today as the most practical and efficient ...
Before the Revolutionary War, there really was no conception of the 13 colonies as Americans know them today. There was simply British North America, of which Nova Scotia was a part. Three quarters of Nova Scotia’s population wereNew Englanders, and on a few occasions, various Nova Scotian...
BEGINNING OF THE PACIFIC WAR On December 8, 1941, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. The US eventually joined the Allied Powers with France, Great Britain, andRussia, thus marking the involvement of the US forces in WWII. ...
-- Xinjiang has witnessed a tourism boom in recent years with its unique natural sceneries, folk culture and overall social stability. Last year, the region received more than 150 million tourists from home and abroad, up 40.1 percent year on year....
It is the first time Israel has fired on Syria across the Golan Heights since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. November 11, 2012 - Syrian opposition factions formally agree to unite as the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. November 13, 2012 - Sheikh Ahmed Moaz al...
March 19, 2013 -The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces elects Ghassan Hitto as its prime minister. Though born in Damascus, Hitto has spent much of his life in the United States, and holds dual US and Syrian citizenship. ...