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Christopher Columbus financed by Spain, makes the 1st of 4 voyages to the New World. He lands in the Bahamas
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Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon lands on the coast of Florida
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Saint Augustine, Florida settled by the spanish, becomes 1st pemanent European colony in North America
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Jamestown, the 1st permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia.
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England. Before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower, 41 male passengers sign the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government
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Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French. By the Treaty of Paris formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.
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Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French. By the Treaty of Paris formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.
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British troops fire into a mob, killing five men leading to intense public protest.
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Group of colonial patriots disguise as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston Harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against British tea tax,
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First Continental Congress meets in Philidelphia with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adamns.
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War of Independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass., between the British Army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war.
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Continental Congress adopts the Declaration Of Independence In Philadelphia.
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Continental Congress approves the first official flag of the United States
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Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation the first U.S. constitution
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British general Charles Cornwallis surrenders to general George Washington at Yorktown Va. Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in the Treaty of Paris which officially brings the war to a close.
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Constitutional Convention, made up of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies, meets in Philadelphia to draft the U.S. Constitution
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First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified.
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John Adams is inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president in Washington, DC
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United States agrees to pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory, which extends west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and comprises about 830,000 sq mi.
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Lewis & Clark set out from St. Louis, Mo. on expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
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U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion
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Treaty of Ghent is signed, officially ending the war.
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John Quincy Adams, son of John adams, is inaugaurated as the sixth president.
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Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president.
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico.
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Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. Gold rush reaches its height the following year.
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Abraham Lincoln comes to national attention in a series of seven debates with Sen. Stephen A. Douglas during Illinois state election campaign.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president.
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Conflict between the North which is the Union and the South which is the Confederacy over the expansion of slavery into western states.
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Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
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Abraham is assisinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington, DC, and is suceeded by his vice president, Andrew Johnson Thirthteen Amandment to the Constitution is ratified prohinbiting slavery.
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U.S enters World War 1 and declares war on Germany.
