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May 23, 2024 · Jedediah Smith (born January 6, 1799, Bainbridge, New York, U.S.—died May 27, 1831, near the Cimarron River) was a trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route. Smith probably made his first trip west while still in his teens.
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1 day ago · The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic launched major colonization expeditions in ...
May 25, 2024 · George Washington, the fearless commander of the Continental Army, the trusted overseer of the Constitutional Convention, and the unimpeachable first American president, has long been celebrated as an emblem of what it means to be truly "American." Born on February 22, 1732, at Pope‘s Creek plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to ...
22 hours ago · The cyberattack that crippled First American Financial's systems in late December affected a total of 44,000 individuals, according to filings submitted to regulators on Friday.
2 days ago · The American Revolution (1775–83) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies, which won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and many North American colonists.
5 days ago · Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have ...
1 day ago · After the American Revolution began, the first, unofficial national flag—known as the Continental Colours (or, sometimes, as the Grand Union Flag, the Cambridge Flag, the Somerville Flag, or the Union Flag)—was hoisted on a towering 76-foot (23-metre) liberty pole at Prospect Hill in Charlestown (now in Somerville), Massachusetts, on January 1, 1776; it was raised at the behest of Gen ...
