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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Article 1 of the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Presents a summary and the full text of Artice I of the US Constitution. Article 1 primarily deals with Congress explaining who may become a representative, and who may become a senator, all of the powers that Congress and the individual...
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Article 6 of the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary and full text of Article 6 of the Constitution. It establishes it as the supreme law of the United States and that public officials must take an oath to support it. It also authorizes the national debt, meaning that...
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Article 4 of the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary and full text of Article 4 of the US Constitution that summarizes the duties that individual states have to each other, as well as those the federal government has to the states.
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: The Great Compromise

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers details of the Great Compromise which was presented at the Constitutional Convention. It consisted of the idea of proportional representation in the lower house (House of Representatives) and equal representation of the states in...
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: The Articles of the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Each of the Articles of the Constitution are described in full detail with simplified summaries of each of the sections together with the full, original text.
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Constitutional Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
The delegates of the Constitutional Convention framed the Constitution of the United States as a basis of government to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Juan Ponce De Leon Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers the life of Ponce de Leon, a Spanish explorer known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida in 1513.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Leif Ericson Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers information about the life of Leif Ericson and his involvement in the exploration and the discovery of the New World leading to the colonization of America.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Bunker Hill

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place June 17, 1775, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Yorktown

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place October 19, 1781, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the American colonists and also ended the American Revolutionary War.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Concord

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place April 19, 1775, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the American colonists.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Princeton

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place January 03, 1777, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the American colonists.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place May 10, 1775, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the American colonists.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Oriskany

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place August 06, 1777, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Guilford Courthouse

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place March 15, 1781, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of King's Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place October 07, 1780, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the American colonists.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Us and the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This article contains history and detailed facts about United States intervention and involvement in the Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1920).
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Declaration of Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
The Declaration of Independence, made by the second American Continental Congress and adopted July 4, 1776, announced the separation of the original thirteen North American British colonies from Great Britain making them into the United...
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Popular Sovereignty

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of the idea of Popular Sovereignty, the belief that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Slave Trade Compromise

For Students 9th - 10th
The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise was reached at the Constitutional Convention by stating that Congress could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808, but that any imported slaves could be taxed.
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Checks and Balances

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about checks and balances, limits and controls imposed on all branches of a government by giving each branch of government the right to amend or void certain acts of the other branches.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Hernando Cortes Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting biographical facts on the life of Hernando Cortes, the man who conquered the Aztec empire.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: The Hessians

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting facts about the Hessians, German soldiers who fought for the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: The Original 13 Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated guide to American colonization and the original 13 Colonies.