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Date |
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| 1 | 1752 | - 10 Jun 1752—10 Jun 1752: Yosemite is named as the first US national park
Yosemite is named as the first US national park
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| 2 | 1770 | - 17 Dec 1770—17 Dec 1770: Ludwig Von Beethoven is born
Ludwig Von Beethoven is born
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| 3 | 1776 | - 1776—1776: Declaration of American Independence
American Declaration of Independence determines the political evolution of the New World and the rise of American power.
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| 4 | 1789 | - 1789—1789: French Revolution; George Washington elected the first President of America
French Revolution marks a fundamental break with the tradition of monarchy; the “rights of man” are enshrined.
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| 5 | 1794 | - 1794—1794: Whiskey Rebellion
As the new country began finding its feet, U.S. Pres. George Washington sent troops to western Pennsylvania in 1794 to quell the Whiskey Rebellion, an uprising by citizens who refused to pay a liquor tax that had been imposed by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton to raise money for the national debt and to assert the power of the national government. Federalists cheered the triumph of national authority; members of the Thomas Jefferson’s Republican (later Democratic-Republican) Party were appalled by what they saw as government overreach. More than two centuries later, the names and faces have changed, but the story is ongoing.
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1720 - 1797 (77 years)
