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Paleo Indians cross over the Bering Land Bridge into Alaska
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The Anasazi Empire begins. They live in the Four corners region.
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The Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas are the first people in Mesoamerica.
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A group of Soninke farmers band together to mark the beginning of Ghana
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A group called the Franks conquer at group called the Gauls.
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The Vikings settle in North Atlantic in Ice Land
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Columbus sails west from Europe expecting to find Asia but ends up finding North America.
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People in Europe all started looking for a "Northwest Passage" that could go through the Americas and to the Pacific Ocean.
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The Spanish government legalized the sale of slaves in it's colonies.
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Juan Ponce de Leon discovers the cost of Florida. Then he colonizes Florida.
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Martin Luther starts the Protestant Reformation. He disagrees with the Catholic Church's abuse of power.
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Herman Cortez sailed to Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire ruled by Mansa Musa.
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Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese sailor sailed under South America and all around the world. He doesn't make it all around but his crew does.
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European countries go search for the Northwest passage after the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
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The Mayflower Compact is a contact stating that they have agreed to make fair laws and to protect the general good.
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A bill that made the colony have religious freedom: Toleration act.
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The English fleet capture the colony New Netherlands and named it New York City.
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Bacon wanted to take take Indian's land but the govenor tried to stop him. Bacon did want to stop so he started a rebellion called Bacon's rebellion.
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King Charles II gave Penn a charter to begin a new colony called Pennsylvania
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English Bill of Right reduces the monarch in England's power.
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The Great Awakening is a religious movement that swept through the colonies. It started at 1730s and ended in he 1740s.
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French and Indian war influenced conflict between Great Britain and France and then ended with the Treaty of Paris.
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The Stamp Act requires colonist to pay for official stamp or seal when they bought paper items.
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The Tea Act say that the British East India Company can sell tea directly to the colonists.
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Plato created wrote a book called The Republic. In the USA the government is a democratic republic. The idea about the Republic comes from Greece.
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Slave trade has been made illegal but it is still happening in Africa, Middle East and a lot of places in South east Asia. Kids and grown ups are still being forced to work in a lot of countries.
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The English Bill of Rights affect us today because if it didn't exist then all the countries that were colonized by the English would still be under the control of the monarch in England. This Act is partly of what changed a lot of countries from Monachy to Democratic Republics.