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Strausstown Roots
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 estimated 1810 -
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| 1 | 1811 | - 1 Mar 1811: Schuylkill County created
from parts of Berks and Northampton counties
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| 2 | 1812 | - Jun 1812—Feb 1815: War of 1812
fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies of Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Québec), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Bermuda. The United States declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812 for a combination of reasons focused on violation of America's neutral rights, especially the impressment (conscription) of American sailors into the Royal Navy, British restraints on neutral trade, and alleged British military support for American Indians who were hostile to the United States.
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| 3 | 1813 | - 1813: Lebanon County created
from portions of Dauphin and Lancaster counties
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| 4 | 1898 | - Apr 1898: Spanish American War. A military conflict between Spain and the United States that began in April 1898. Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December.
The war began after the American demand for Spain's peaceful resolution of the Cuban fight for independence was rejected, though strong expansionist sentiment in the United States motivated the government to target Spain's remaining overseas territories: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam and the Caroline Islands
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| 5 | 1908 | - 13 Jan 1908: Boyertown Fire
Rhoads Opera House. 171 deaths.
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| 6 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
estimated 9 million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths
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| 7 | 1918 | - Feb 1918—Apr 1920: Spanish Flu
20 - 50 million deaths
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