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When he arrived in Cambridge, he found an army without military training and set about drilling and training soldiers < and the American army was soon able to drive the British forces from Boston.
Though Washington was sometimes hunted like a fox, < he shared the cold and hunger of his ragged troops.
In 1789 he became the first president of the USA. Americans say about Washington that he < was "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
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In 1620, a group of < people left England for America.
They had decided to make homes for themselves in < the new land across the ocean.
They hoped they would < have a better life there.
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After a stormy voyage across the Atlantic, their small ship, < the "Mayflower", reached the shores of the new land.
Those early settlers built their first colonies and began to < explore the new country which they called New England.
As their settlements were called "colonies", the people < were called "colonists".
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Soon more and more European settlers came and more < colonies were formed.
The American colonies grew bigger and bigger, they prospered, but they were for a long time < ruled by England, and all the riches of the new country belonged to England.
In 1776 the thirteen young American colonies united and began a war against England for freedom and independence, < which was called the War of Independence.
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They won the victory and a new nation was born < which became the United States of America.
July 4, 1776, is still celebrated as "the birthday" of the < American nation, and is called Independence Day.
The leaders of the new state decided they would form a republic which would have no king but < would have a President, who was to be chosen every four years.
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George Washington (1732-1799) who had led the < Americans in the war, became the first President.
He is now called < "The Father of the United States".
The battle of Hastings (Oct. 14, 1066) is a battle that ended in the defeat of Harold II of < England by William,duke of Normandy, and established the Normans as the rulers of England.
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Harold's predecessor, the childless Edward the Confessor, had at first probably designated William, a cousin, as his heir but < on his deathbed (Jan. 5, 1066) granted the kingdom to Harold, earl of Wessex and the most powerful man in the kingdom; Harold was crowned king the next day.
On September 27 William crossed to England unopposed, with an army of 4,000 to 7,000 cavalry and infantry, disembarking < at Pevenseyin Sussex and moving eastward along the coastto Hastings.
Harold, learning of his landing on about October 2, hurried southward and by October < 13 was approaching Hastings with about 7,000 men, many of whom were half-armed, untrained peasants.
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At dawn on October 14 William moved toward Harold's army, which was occupying a < ridge 10 miles (16km) northwest of Hastings.
William disposed his army for attack, archers in < front, infantrymen behind, and the knights in three groups to the rear.
Harold's English army, lacking archers and cavalry, prepared < for defense on the protected summit of the ridge.
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His men, too closely ranged, provided an excellent target for William's archers, who < opened the Norman attack but suffered heavily from English slings and spears.
William therefore threw in his cavalry, which was so badly mauled by the English < infantry, wielding two-handed battle-axes, that it fled.
William checked its flight and throughout the day launched on the English position a < series of alternate cavalry charges and flights of arrows.
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By two feigned retreats he drew considerable numbers of Englishmen from < their position and then turned and annihilated them.
Gradually the English were worn down; two of Harold's < brothers fell, and in the late afternoon he himself was killed.
The leaderless English fought on until dusk, then broke; after a last rally they scattered, < leaving William the winner of one of the most daring gambles in history.
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After the battle his army moved to isolate London, < where William I was crowned king on December 25.
Queen Elizabeth II, in full Elizabeth Alexandra Queen Elizabeth II, in full Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, < officially ElizabethII, by the Graceof God, of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith is the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from February 6, 1952.
Elizabeth was the elder daughter of Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little prospect of acceding to the throne < until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor), abdicated in her father's favour on December 11, 1936, at which time her father became King George VI and she became heir presumptive.
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The princess's education was supervised by hermother, who entrusted her daughters < to a governess, Marion Crawford; the princess was also grounded in history by C.H.K. Marten, afterward provost of Eton College , and had instruction from visiting teachers in music and languages.
During World War II she and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, perforce spent much of their time safely away from < the London blitz and separated from their parents, living mostly at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, and Windsor Castle.
Early in 1947 Princess Elizabeth went with the king and < queen to South Africa.
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After her return there was an announcement of her betrothal to her distant cousin < Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten of the Royal Navy, formerly PrincePhilip of Greece and Denmark.
The marriage took < place in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.
On the eve of the wedding her father, the king, conferred upon the bridegroom the titles < of duke of Edinburgh, earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich.
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They took residence at < Clarence House in London.
Their first child, Prince Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George), < was born November 14, 1948, at Buckingham Palace.
In the summer of 1951 the health of King George VI entered into a serious decline, and < Princess Elizabeth represented him at the Trooping the Colour and on various other state occasions.