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		<title><![CDATA[Compromise of 1850]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Compromise of 1850 was a collection of Congressional legislation proposed by Kentucky Senator Henry Clay to resolve sectional issues in the United States regarding slavery after the Mexican-American War. After nine months of heated debate throughout the country, Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas shepherded Clay&#039;s compromise proposals through Congress and secured the enactment of legislation that: 
1.	Admitted California to the Union as a free state,
2.	Authorized the territorial legislatures of New Mexico and Utah to determine the status of slavery within their borders,
3.	Settled a boundary dispute between Texas and the United States in favor of the U.S., in exchange for Federal assumption of $10 million of Texas debt,
4.	Abolished the slave trade, but not slavery, in the District of Columbia, and
5.	Approved a more stringent fugitive slave law to help ensure the return of runaway slaves.
Although hailed by moderates at the time as a &quot;final settlement&quot; to the sectional differences the plagued the nation, the compromise legislation quickly unraveled. Only ten years later, the nation was engaged in civil war to determine the future of the Union, as well as slavery in the United States.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=733]]></link>
		<pubDate>2011-10-20 17:43:18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Missouri Compromise (Transcript)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=732]]></link>
		<pubDate>2011-10-15 10:18:04</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Missouri Compromise]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Missouri Compromise consisted of legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in 1820 that attempted to resolve sectional disputes over the extension of slavery in western territories of the United States.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=731]]></link>
		<pubDate>2011-10-14 17:29:38</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln was an American political leader during the 19th century. Rising from humble beginnings, Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States in 1860. Lincoln&rsquo;s election prompted the secession of several Southern states and eventually the beginning of the American Civil War. Lincoln served as president and commander-in-chief throughout most of the conflict before an assassin&rsquo;s bullet tragically cut his life short on April 15, 1865.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=667]]></link>
		<pubDate>2011-04-08 11:27:06</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Battle of Adairsville
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		<description><![CDATA[The Battle of Adairsville was an encounter between Union forces commanded by Major General William T. Sherman and Confederate forces commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The engagement took place in Bartow County, Georgia, near the town of Adairsville, on May 17, 1864. The battle was perhaps more significant for what did not happen than what did. Union forces were spared the possibility of a costly defeat when Confederate leaders failed to spring a well-laid trap after Sherman had divided his armies.
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		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=584]]></link>
		<pubDate>2010-08-06 17:27:57</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Gettysburg Address]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Lincoln on November 19,1863 at the dedication of the Soldiers&#039; National Cemetery. The speech was given four and a half months after the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=563]]></link>
		<pubDate>2010-05-31 07:44:37</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[James &quot;Pete&quot; Longstreet]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Confederate General James Longstreet is one of the more controversial figures of the American Civil War. When the secession crisis emerged, Longstreet resigned his commission in the United States Army and offered his services to the Confederacy. By October 1862, Longstreet had risen to the rank of lieutenant general and had become one of Robert E. Lee&#039;s most trusted subordinates. Longstreet&#039;s action, or inaction, at the Battle of Gettysburg created the controversy that tarnished his military legacy in the eyes of many Southerners. Longstreet opposed Lee&#039;s headlong attacks of Union forces during that battle. Following the war, Lee apologists, led by Jubal Early, blamed Longstreet&#039;s opposition and subsequent belated attack for the Confederate loss. More recent scholarship has questioned that conclusion and attributed much of the anti-Longstreet sentiment to Longstreet&#039;s post-war politics, which were unpopular with many Southerners.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=545]]></link>
		<pubDate>2010-03-23 11:54:51</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Winter at Valley Forge]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite harsh conditions and a lack of supplies, the Continental Army trained under the tutelage of Baron von Steuben and the guidance of George Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the winter of 1777-1778.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=533]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-12-23 08:33:06</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Albany Congress]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Albany Congress, held in Albany, New York in July of 1754, was a meeting between colonial leaders and leaders of the Iroquois tribe. During the  Albany Congress, Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=525]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-11-25 15:02:33</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Albany Plan of Union
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		<description><![CDATA[The Albany Plan of union was proposed by Benjamin Franklin and called for the formation of a permanent federation of the American colonies.
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		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=524]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-11-25 14:43:39</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Administration of Justice Act  (1774)
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		<description><![CDATA[The Administration of Justice Act was one of five laws enacted by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. Collectively, the acts were known as the Coercive Acts, or the Intolerable Acts. The Administration of Justice Act, passed on May 20, 1774, authorized the governor of Massachusetts to move trials of royal officials accused of committing capital offenses, while performing their official duties, to another colony or to Great Britain, if he believed the accused would not receive a fair trial in Massachusetts. The act is sometimes referred to as the Murder Act because of colonial fears that it might enable royal officials to escape punishment for committing capital offenses. The Administration of Justice Act and the other Coercive Acts provided further ammunition for a growing radical element in the colonies and prompted the calling of the First Continental Congress on September 5, 1774.
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		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=505]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-10-27 08:54:43</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federalist Number 3]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federalist No. 3 was written by John Jay and published on November 3, 1787. It is the second of four articles dealing with protecting Americans against foreign aggression and meddling in national affairs.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=499]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-10-21 06:33:46</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sugar Act  (1764)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sugar Act, properly known as the American Revenue Act, was enacted by Parliament on April 5, 1764. The goal of the act was to raise revenue to help defray the military costs of protecting the American colonies at a time Great Britain&#039;s economy was saddled with the huge national debt accumulated during the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War). The focus of the Sugar Act was to discourage colonial merchants and manufacturers from smuggling non-British goods to avoid taxes imposed by Parliament. The Sugar Act successfully reduced smuggling, but it greatly disrupted the economy of the American colonies by increasing the cost of many imported items, and reducing exports to non-British markets. As a result, Americans protested the Sugar Act primarily because of its economic impact, but for some &quot;no taxation without representation&quot; became a rallying cry against Parliament&#039;s right to tax the colonies.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=494]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-10-13 10:42:21</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[XYZ Affair
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		<description><![CDATA[The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between France and the United States that resulted in a limited, undeclared naval war with France known as the Quasi-War.]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=480]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-09-28 10:10:29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thomas Paine (1737-1809)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Paine was a Founding Father, the philosopher of the American War for Independence, and a true revolutionary. His essays and pamphlets, especially Common Sense, noted for its plain language, resonated with the common people of America and roused them to rally behind the movement for independence. Following the American Revolution, Paine immigrated to Europe where the British government declared him and outlaw for his anti-monarchist views, and where he actively participated in the French Revolution. ]]></description>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=472]]></link>
		<pubDate>2009-09-19 15:29:19</pubDate>
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