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The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and while it's widely encouraged to be up to date on your American history before celebrating like a true American (i.e., with gratuitous amounts of booze and fireworks), who wants to spend their time mulling over dusty old textbooks when they could be out partying? Fret not, star-spangled readers -- the GamePro editors have thrown together this handy graphical timeline of (streamlined) American history dating back to the Declaration of Independence, and spanning up to the 2008 presidential election.

Sarah Palin joined a number of other GOP hopefuls in New Hampshire last week making the typical pre-campaign rounds. But unlike Mitt Romney, who managed to focus his speaking on the economy and his business experience, Palin decided to give her fans a brief history lesson on Paul Revere ...