Memorable Dates

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The Missouri Compromise, which kept the balance of slave states and free states, was passed in:

This conflict, also known as the War Between the States, occurred from

The Compromise which includes the Fugitive Slave Act was established in

The Mayflower Compact, the document that established self-government, was signed in:

The first permanent English settlement, Jamestown, was established in:

Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in this year:

The U.S. doubled its size after buying land that gave them control of the Mississippi River in this year:

A committee of 5, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, were appointed by Congress to write a formal statement of independence that was adopted in: