On April 4th word reached Washington that American troops had been attacked by Mexican forces. ... A stitched flag, whose star and a grizzly bear's likeness, was raised on the public square in Sonoma. ... Some say he was under secret orders from Washington. ... It granted to the United States land that would later compromise the entire states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as portions of Montana and Wyoming. ... over 500,000 square miles of territory, including all of the future states of California, Nevada, and Utah, almost all of New Mexico...

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The most interesting attractions of New York City are Times Square, Central Park and the Statue of Liberty which was a gift to the People of United States from France in 1886 to honor their friendship. ... There are also two very famous sculptures: the Crazy Horse Monument and Mount Rushmore National Memorial which honors four presidents of the USA: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. ... The Northwest region includes Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. ... Washington's largest city, Seattle, is known as a major Pacific port. ...

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Florida Seceded from the Union in 1861 and was re-admitted in 1868 Geography: 65,755 square miles, ranked 22nd in size. ... His siblings are Philip Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post and Newsweek; William Graham, chairman of The Graham Companies, Miami Lakes, Florida; and Mary Crow. ... As an active member of the Blue dogs, a coalition of conservative Democrats working to reform Washington politics, Boyd was instrumental in the successful efforts by Congress to reach the historical 1997 balanced budget agreement. ...

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It was a negotiation for land between the United States and France in 1803, in which the U.S. gained approximately 827,000 square miles of land to the west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars. ... The Continental Congress, composed of the elected representatives from the thirteen colonies; George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendleton, Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, and Peyton Randolph, gave Thomas Jefferson the illustrious task of drafting the Declaration of Independence. ...

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Just to name a few of his more famous inventions, he made a stepladder stool with a seat that turned up, his "Y-stick" that allowed him to reach books on high shelves, the Franklin stove, a clock with three wheels for hours, minutes, and seconds, bifocal glasses, made "magic squares", and made very helpful contributions to science by risking his life to find out more about electricity through his famous experiment of flying a kite with a key attached in a storm. ... He rejoiced in Washington's inauguration as the first president of the United States. ...

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Governor Cass persuaded some administration officials in Washington to use their power granted under the 1822 Indian affairs act to allow Astor's traders to barter small quantities of whiskey among some northern Chippewa's. ... The remainder of his worth was linked most notably to real-estate, most of which now known as Times Square in New York City. ...

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Introduction: The United States of America is located in North America between Mexico and Canada. The capital city of the entire U.S.A. is Washington D.C. The common language spoken there is English, but there are many people with different ethnic backgrounds who speak different languages...

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