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A shipload of approximately 1500 kidnapped children is sent from England to the Virginia colony to increase the number of settlers in the colony
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A group of settlers led by John Endecott settle at Salem. This begins the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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The Township Act is passed in the Massachusetts Bay general court giving towns the ability to govern themselves to some extent.
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England passes the Navigation Act that forbid goods to be imported from the colonies to England in non-English ships from locations other than where they were produced.
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Maryland colony passes a law mandating lifetime servitude for black slaves; previous precendant had allowed freedom for those who coverted the Christianity and established legal residence there.
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Massachusetts representative assembly all Roman Catholic priests to vacate the colony within three months, an action also taken by the New York legislature.
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The New York assembly enacts a law which prohibits enslaved Africans from testifying against whites or gathering in groups larger than three on public streets
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The Iron Act is passed by the English Parliament, limiting the growth of the iron industry in the American colonies to protect the English Iron Industry.
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The Currency Act is passed the English Parliament, banning the issuing of paper money by the New Englang colonies
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England declares war on France, as the French and Indian War in the colonies now spreads to Europe.
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The Sugar Act is passed by the English Parliamnet to offset the war debt brought on by the French and Indian War and to help pay for the expenses of running the colonies and newly acquired territories.
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In October, the Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York City, with representatives from nine of the colonies. The congress prepares a resolution to be sent to King George lll and the English Parliamnet. The petition requests the repeal of the Stamp Act and the Acts of 1764.
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In April, the Townshed Acts are repealed by the British. All duties on imports into the colonies are eliminated except for tea. Also, the Quartering Act is not renewed.
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About 8000 Bostonians gather to hear Sam Adam tell them Royal Governorn Hutchinson has repeated his command not to allow the ships out of the harbor until the tea taxes are paid. That night, the Boston Tea Party occurs as colonial activists disguise themselves as Mohonk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 contouners of tea into the harbor.
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September 5 to October 26, the First Contiental Congress meets in Philadelphia with 56 delegates, representing every colony, except Georgia. Attendants include Patrick Henry, George Washington, Sam Adams, and John Hancock.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britian. Congress will radify the treat on January 14, 1784
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n Virginia, the House of Burgesses grants freedom to slaves who served in the Continental Army.
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The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress. The Revolutionary War officially ends.
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Thirty nine delegates vote to approve and then sign the final draft of the new constitution
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Delware is the first of the nine states needed to ratify the Constitution
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The 1800 election began the Federalist collaspe and marked the rise of the Democratic Party. Vice President Thomas Jefferson challenged President John Adams for the White House.
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Napoleon needed cash for his military machine. His forces conquered Spain and confisctaed the Louisiana Territory.
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Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory.
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August naval battles in the War of 1812 begin with the United States Navy defeating the British when the U.S. Essex captured Alert.
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Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812
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Congress limits the number of stripes on the flag to 13 for the original colonies.
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James Monroe is almost unanimously relected as president over John Quincy Adams
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Missouri Compromise balances slave and free states admitted to the Union. Missouri is admitted as a slave state, but no slavery will be permitted anywhere north of Missouri's southern border.
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Congress makes trade in foreign slaves an act of piracy.
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The Republicans nominate Henry Clay for president.
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President Adrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act authorizing the move of several tirbes to Western lands.
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The Chactaws sign a treaty exchanging 8million acres of land east of the Mississippi for land in Oklahoma
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The Independent Treasury Act is signd into law by President Martin Van Buren. It makes the federal government exclusively responsible for managing its own funds.
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Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling and allows the Amistad mutineers to return to Africa
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The Indepentdent Act is repealed
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Fugitive Slave Act provides for the return of slaves brought to free states.
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Gadsden Purchase gives the United Staes a strip of land in the Southwest that would later become the states of New Mexico and Arizona
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The Republican Party is founded in Ripon, WI.
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Ater resigning from the U.S. Senate, Jefferson Davis is selected to be the provisinal President of the Confederate States of America.
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Confederate forces begin bombing Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
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Russia finalizes its sale of Alaska to the United States.
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The Great Chicago Fire begins, killing many of people.
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President Ulysses S. Grant signs legislation designating Yellowstone the first National Park.
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Colorado becomes the 38th state of the United States.
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Chinese Treaty between the United States and the Chinese gave the U.S. government the right t limit, restrict, or suspend, but not prohibit the entry of Chinese into the United States
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Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act
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Civil Service Act establishes a merit system for government jobs.
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Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Instititue
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The Pension Act called for giving a pension to all honorably discharged veterans who had served at least 90 days, and had depended on manual labor to earn a living
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George Dixon becomes the first black boxing champ (Bantam Weight)
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The 51st Congress of the United States passes the International Copywright Act of 1891
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Women gain right to vote in New Zealand
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The Duryea Brothers road-test the first ever, American made, gasoline powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Ex- slave and civil rights advocate Fredreck Douglas dies on February 20, 1895.
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Queen Victoria dies
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William McKinely, the 25th President of the United States is assassinated by Leon Czolgosz when he is shot at point blank range. He died September 14, 1901
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Vice President Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States
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An underground fire sparks a massive explosion that spreads through a series of mines killing over 1000 men in Courrieres, France
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San Francisco Earthquake
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Nobel Prize in Literature: John Heyse, Germany
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The state of Ohio is crippled by a snowstorm
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African American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jefferies in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States
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New York socialite Dorothy Arnold disappears. Her family does not notify the police until 6 weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce and results
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The 16th Amendment was ratified
