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  2. 1778 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    July–September. July 3: Wyoming Massacre. July 3 – American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, ending in a terrible defeat of the local colonists. July 4 – American Revolutionary War: George Rogers Clark takes Kaskaskia. July 27 – American Revolution ...

  3. Federal drug policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The drug policy in the United States is the activity of the federal government relating to the regulation of drugs. Starting in the early 1900s, the United States government began enforcing drug policies. These policies criminalized drugs such as opium, morphine, heroin, and cocaine outside of medical use. The drug policies put into place are ...

  4. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution, the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America, between 1776 and 1789.

  5. History of birth control - Wikipedia

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    History of birth control. The history of birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, refers to the methods or devices that have been historically used to prevent pregnancy. [1] Planning and provision of birth control is called family planning. [2] In some times and cultures, abortion had none of the stigma which it has ...

  6. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. [1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United ...

  7. Birth control in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Effective and safe forms of birth control became available in the United States in the 20th century with advances in science that led to the advent of safe methods and various Supreme Court decisions, including Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 and Eisenstadt v. Baird in 1972, that struck down "Comstock laws" that imposed government restrictions ...

  8. Birth control - Wikipedia

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    Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy. [ 1 ] Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century. [ 2 ] Planning, making available, and using human ...

  9. Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    All of the founders were white, and two-thirds (36 out of 55) were natives of the American Colonies, while nineteen were born in other parts of the British Empire. England: William Richardson Davie, [ 357 ] William Duer, [ 358 ] Button Gwinnett, [ 359 ] Robert Morris, [ 360 ] Thomas Paine [ 361 ]