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Columbus 'discovers' a new way to get to India, but really discovers the Bahamas and ultimately opens passage for Europeans to the New World.
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Cortez lands in Mexico, and systematically brings down the Aztec Empire.
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English settlers establish a settlement on the shores of Virginia, called Jamestown. This is the first permanent settlement in the American colony.
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The Age of Enlightenment was a reason and intellectual movement in the 19th century. It influenced James Madison in his development of the Bill of Rights.
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Nethaniel Bacon leads a rebellion in Virginia, ultimately removing the governor from office.
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Those suspected of being witches in Salem, Massachusetts were put to trial and eventually some were put to death.
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British troops fired on unarmed civilians in Boston, causing an uproar amongst colonists.
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Americans dressed as Native Americans dumped three ships of tea into Boston Harbor in defiance of the British government.
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War broke out in the American colony, in an American effort to seperate itself from British rule.
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The United States of America declared itself a seperate entity from the British government.
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The last decisive land battle of the American Revolutionary War.
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Those living in the west began a rebellion against the Whiskey tax.
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Written by James Madison, effectively gave citizens their basic rights.
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Interchangeable parts proved as the precursor to sound production in the Industrial Revolution.
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Americans began to travel west to pursue land and other opportunities.
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The United States bought a large track of land out west from France.
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A major event in time that transitioned the farm oriented living to urbanized, factory living.
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Factories began to show in light of the Industrial Revolution.
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Andrew Jackson leads a force against the invading British, winning a spectacular final battle of the War of 1812.
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The Second Bank of the United States fueled an economic boom after the War of 1812.
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Canals began to emerge as a major transportation method.
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The Monroe Doctrine forbade foreign countries from settling in the Americas.
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Native Americans were systematically moved and relocated away from US interests.
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The telegraph comes into light, bringing about great ease in communications for those in the US.
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The American Civil War began, resulting in the abolishment of slavery and the unification of the United States.
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The period of rebuilding the American South after the American Civil War.
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Effectively dissolved slavery, freeing all enslaved individuals by the Union.
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A battle in the American Civil War, the only offensive move by the Confederacy and the bloodiest battle of the war.
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Lincoln was assassinated, resulting in an uproar amongst those in the union a few days before the end of the American Civil War.
