1. There was an increase in the amount of taxes your parents had to pay this year.

1. The minimum age at which a person could get married was raised from 18 to 25 years old.

1. The United States declared war on Japan after it was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

1. Chesterfield County will build a new middle school next fall.

1. Chesterfield County made a change to election day, now allowing voters to vote up to 2 weeks early.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing was required to change the face on the Five Dollar Bill from Abraham Lincoln’s to Taylor Swift’s face.

The United States signed a peace treaty with the foreign nation of Iran.

In order to hold criminals accountable, courts must be established to interpret and apply the laws.

1. After years of an embargo (a ban on trading), the citizens of the United States and Cuba were able to trade with one another again.