Significant Events in United States History

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/14/1607	Jamestown	Jamestown-the first English settlement in America
11/01/1620	Mayflower Compact	the first known document that provided self-government through a democracy
10/07/1763	Proclamation of 1763	to organize Great Britain's new North American empire
04/05/1764	Sugar Act
12/16/1773	Boston Tea Party
09/05/1774	First Continental Congress
04/19/1775	Battles of Lexington and Concord	he first military engagements of the American Revolution
07/04/1776	Declaration of Independence	United states declared it independence from Britain
04/30/1789	George Washington
09/25/1789	Bill of Rights	To set limits on what the government can and cannot
04/30/1803	Lousiana Purchase	Louisiana Purchase was one of the most important land acquisitions ever to be made by the United States,
12/12/1824	Monroe Doctrine	It stated that european powers were no longer to colonize or interfere with independent states.
09/02/1832	Nullification Crisis	the formal suspension by a state of a federal law
02/23/1836	Battle of the Alamo
04/25/1846	Mexican–American War	First American Intervention
05/30/1854	Kansas And Nebraska Act
04/12/1861	Civil War
04/05/1862	Battle of Yorktown
01/01/1863	Emancipation Proclamation
01/31/1865	The 13th Amendment	Ended slavery