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Aug 3, 1492
Chistopher Columbus First Voyage
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Feb 8, 1521
The Fall of the Aztec Empire
Aztec fell from diesease known as small pox which came from one of the spanish men he contracted from the slave they where holding on thier ship. This diesease spread throughout the city. By a -
Jamestown is found
Jamestown is found by John Smith when he was looking for gold. The colony was found in present-day Virginia. -
Mayflower Compact Signed
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First thanksgiving
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Harvard Founded
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First Public Library
The first library that lended books.
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The Iron Act
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. -
The Currency Act
The Currency Act is passed by the English Parliament, banning the issuing of paper money by the New England colonies. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764, which placed tax on sugar. -
Boston Massacre
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The American Revolution
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Boston Tea Party
The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their rights as Englishmen to "No taxation without representation," that is, be taxed only by their own elected representatives and not by a British parliament in which they were not represented. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America. -
Battle of Saratogaa
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Seige of Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britain. Congress will ratify the treaty on January 14, 1784. -
Treaty of Paris
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Great Awakening
The term Great Awakening is used to refer to several periods of religious revival in American religious history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th century and the late 19th century -
George Washington was elected
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Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists who had opposed Constitutional ratification, these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public.
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Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark Start thier expedition
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Steamboat is created
On February 11, 1809, Robert Fulton patents his steamboat and soon after begins offering services on major rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. -
Pacific Fur Company
On June 23, 1810, John Jacob Astor founds the Pacific Fur Company. The success of this trading company would make him the United States' first multi-millionaire and even when adjusted for inflation, one of the richest men in American histor -
War of 1812
U.S. declared war on Britain over Britian's interference and prevetion of American shipping to Europe and over their interference of America's westward expansion. Many important events took place during this war. For one, Washington D.C. got captured by the British and the White House and Capital Building were set on fire. Another event that happened was Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner as he watched Britian's attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore. -
Mississippi becomes a State
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Illinouis becomes a state
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Antarctica discovered
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Missouri Compromise
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First Use of the Steam powered printing press
Caused a greater production rate of newspapers, books, and other forms of writing. This is important because it led to today's society which is based greatly on the mass advertising.Themes: American Identity -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson declared that multiple tribes of Native Americans are to be moved to a designated location. This will cause future conflict with the Indians as well as condensing the Indian population in the midwest.Themes: American Diversity -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina made the decision to nullify the tarrifs they were subjected to and threatened to secede if the goverment tried to enforce them. This is important because it sent a message to the government that it is not all powerful.Themes: American Identity -
Panic of 1837
During the Panic of 1837, Andrew Jackson distributed the surplus money from the National Bank into the State Banks. This has been important because it has caused the government to spend it's surplus on internal improvements instead of hoarding it's money, therefore reducing the national debt.Themes: American Identity -
Texas becomes the 28th state to join the union.
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California Gold Rush
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Texas Becomes a state
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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, to all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion -
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Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's -
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World War I begins
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