Canada
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Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest coun
Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe (1771) dramatizes James Wolfe's death during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City.
War of 1812 heroine Laura Secord warning British commander James FitzGibbon of an impending American attack at Beaver Dams
English: They serve France. How can I serve Canada? Buy Victory Bonds.
French: They serve France. Everyone can be of service. Buy Victory Bonds.
United States
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The United States of America, also known as the United States or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital distri
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…in the years prior to the American Revolution. After the American War of Independence, the 1783 Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the United States and set the terms of peace, ceding British North American territories south of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi River to the new country…
Cliff Palace, a settlement of ancestors of the Native American Pueblo peoples in present-day Montezuma County, Colorado, built between c. 1200 and 1275
The Declaration of Independence portrait depicts the Committee of Five presenting the Declaration to the Continental Congress on June 28, 1776, in Philadelphia.
U.S. marines raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945). This photo became one of the most honored images of World War II.
Civil rights activists during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C. in August 1963