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==Wikipedia article links==

PerSee [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia_linksWikipedia links]] properlyand the video. Properly format all the important subjects in the sentences below so they link to the appropriate event, entity, person, organization, entity, etc. which has a Wikipedia article - and Wikipedia does have an article on almost everything! (You can search either words or phrases you are in doubt about; ifor theredon't isbother ''not''to and articlelink it willif showyou upare in reddoubt. whenSomeone youwill clickcome "Showalong Preview.")and link it at some point.

If you see a phrase below in (parenthesis) this is the ''name of an article'' which goes ''before'' the appropriate phrase in a [[WP:piped link]]. Over time you will learn how to find the name of relevant articles to create such piped links. See the relevant paragraphs in the [[History of the United States]] article to check what you missed.

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The history of the United States traditionally starts with the (United States Declaration of Independence) Declaration of Independence in the year 1776, although its territory was inhabited by (Native Americans in the United States) Native Americans since prehistoric times and then by (European colonization of the Americas) European colonists who followed the voyages of Christopher Columbus starting in 1492. The largest settlements were by the English on the East Coast, starting in 1607. By the 1770s the Thirteen Colonies contained two and half million people, were prosperous, and had developed their own political and legal systems. After the American Revolution the (United States Constitution) Constitution became the basis for the United States federal government, with war hero George Washington as the first president.

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Around 1912 the feminist movement began to reawaken, putting an emphasis on its demands for equality and arguing that the corruption of American politics demanded purification by women, because men could not do that job. Protests became increasingly common as suffragette Alice Paul led parades through the capital and major cities. Paul split from the large National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), which favored a more moderate approach and supported the Democratic Party and Woodrow Wilson, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, and formed the more militant National Woman's Party. Suffragists were arrested during their "Silent Sentinels" pickets at the White House, the first time such a tactic was used, and were taken as [[political prisoner]]s. Finally, the suffragettes were ordered released from prison, and Wilson urged Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment enfranchising women.

==Wikipedia category links==

Per [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia links]], at the bottom of every article is a list of category links which shows what categories the article is in. So at the bottom of an article on [[Bird]] you will find the following categories listed: Birds - Animals - Biological pest control - Dinosaurs . Open the article[[Bird]] and you will see near the bottom how a list of categories is added. If you create a new article, find the categories similar articles are in. Otherwise, this is something you will become more knowledgeable about and interested in adding.