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Norse seaman Leif Ericsson lands in Newfoundland, which he calls Vinland.
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Christopher Columbus led an expedition for King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain with 3 ships, the Niña, the Pinta, & the Santa Maria. Columbus captainized the Santa Maria. Aug. 3, 1492 was the day these 3 ships set sail.
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Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lands on the coast of Florida.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, becomes the first permanent European colony in North America.
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This was the year that the French founded Quebec.
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New England Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians.
The Wampanoag nation had been friendly with the settlers and colonists under Massasoit. However, his son, Metacom (nicknamed King Philip by the colonists) led the New England Native Americans to fight against the colonists as they seized more and more land. Further, colonial governments were increasingly forcing the native populations to accept European customs and laws. -
Queen Anne's War ends with the Treaty of Utrecht.
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New Orleans is founded by the French.
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Baltimore is founded in the Maryland colony.
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In November, New York newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger is arrested and accused of seditious libel by the Governor. In December, the Great Awakening religious revival movement begins in Massachusetts. The movement will last ten years and spread to all of the American colonies.
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Fifty black slaves are hanged in Charleston, South Carolina, after plans for another revolt are revealed.
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The Currency Act is passed by the English Parliament, banning the issuing of paper money by the New England colonies.
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The French Colonies vs. Great Britain
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English Colonists vs. Cherokee Indian
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The Fall of Quebec - Battle of the "Plains of Abraham" - British defeat French, thus gaining control of Canada.
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The population of the American colonies reaches 2,210,000 persons.
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The First Continental 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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English Colonists vs. Great Britain
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The day the Declaration of Independence was signed & declared. It basically was stating that are men are equal & we should all act and be treated equal.
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United States vs. France
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Lewis & Clark begin their expedition led by Sacajawea to survey the land being purchased.
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Thomas Jefferon was reelected as president. He received all votes of all state electors except from Conneticut, Delaware, & 2 from Maryland. George Clinton was V.P.
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The War of 1812 was fought against the British.
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The British burned down the Capitol building in Washington.
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Napolean was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815.
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In 1812, New York gave the free blacks the right to vote.
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1828 was the election of Andrew Jackson.
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In 1829, Georgia prohibits the Education of Slaves.
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The Underground Railroad was the secret aid to escaping slaves. It was provided by abolitionists in the years before the Civil War.
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Alabama makes it illegal for blacks to preach because Nat Turner, a Baptist slave preacher lead a revolt in Virginia, killing at least 57 whites.
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Declared independence from Mexico.
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In 1843, this was the beginnng of the large migration Westward.
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In 1846, the War with Mexico began due to fighting over land.
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Mexican War ends with Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In exchange for $15 million & settling of $3.25 million in American claims. Mexico cedes 500,000 sq. miles of its territory in the Western U.S.
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The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, but Fugitive Slave Law enacted.
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In 1855, free sailers established government, banning slavery and blacks from Kansas.
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Henry Bessemer invents process that allows mass production of steel.
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Lincoln was elected President of the United States on November 6, 1860.
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Lee surrenders & then the remaining confederate armies surrender. This concluded the Civil War.
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On November 14 of 1865, Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth in a theatre that Lincoln & his wife were at. Lincoln was apparently the 1st president who was successfully assasinated.
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The 15the Amendment ratified. Blacks were now allowed to vote.
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In 1871, many Blacks were elected to political office.
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The Civil Rights Act passed & guaranteed African Americans equal treatment.
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James A. Garfield wins the presidency.
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Booker T. Washington becomes the first president of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
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Tuskegee Institute founded by Booker T. Washington.
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James A. Garfield is shot in the back on 2 July 1881 by Charles Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker; after Garfield's death on September 19, Chester A. Arthur becomes president on 20 September 1881.
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John D. Rockefeller organizes the Standard Oil Trust
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Statue of Liberty, a gift to the United States from France, is unveiled in New York City harbor.
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On October 28, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by the French.
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A box camera, the first Kodak, is introduced for use by amateur photographers.
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John Muir helps found Sierra Club,
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In 1893, American planters overthrew Queen Liliuokalani.
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Jose Marti, Cuban Patriot, who launched a war for independence.
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On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey moved his ships into Manilla Bay.
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Florence Kelley helps found National Consumers League.
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In 1902, President Roosevelt signs the National Reclamation Act.
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An act where President Roosevelt took action on the United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Elkins Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.
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People were angered by Russian troops in Manchuria. So, in 1904, the Japanese attacked Russia's Pacific fleet.
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Congress passes the Meat Inspection and Pure Food & Drug Acts.
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In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded and formed.
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Boy Scouts Established in U.S.
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During 1911, the Chinese Revolution started.
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On April 14, 1912 at 11:40 pm, the "unsinkable" ship, Titanic, hit a deadly icebreg. On April 15, 1912 at 2:20 am, it sank on its voyage, losing at least 1,517 lives, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history. After the Titanic sank, safety regulations were increased to make ships safer, including ensuring enough lifeboats to carry all on board and making ships staff their radios 24 hours a day.
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In 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act.
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World War I was an extremely bloody war that engulfed Europe from 1914 to 1919, with huge losses of life and little ground lost or won. Fought mostly by soldiers in trenches, World War I saw an estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million wounded. While many hoped that World War I would be "the war to end all wars," in actuality, the concluding peace treaty set the stage for World War II.
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Perishing hunts Pancho Villa in Mexico.
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During 1979, the U.S. enters World War 1.
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In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified. 19th Amendment-
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A national quota system on the amount of incoming immigrants was established by the United States Congress in the Emergency Quota Act, curbing legal immigration.
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The Armaments Congress ends. It would lead to an agreement, the Five Power Disarmament Treaty, between the major world powers of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States, to limit naval construction, outlaw poison gas, restrict submarine attacks on merchant fleets and respect China's sovereignty.
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President Warren G. Harding dies in office after becoming ill following a trip to Alaska, and is succeeded by his Vice President, Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge would oppose the League of Nations, but approved of the World Court.
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All Indians are designated citizens by legislation passed in the U.S. Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge. The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States.
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Herbert Hoover wins election as President of the United States with an Electoral College victory, 444 to 87 over Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith, the Catholic governor of New York.
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is established to stimulate banking and business. Unemployment in 1932 reached twelve million workers.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time. His speech with its hallmark phrase, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself" begins to rally the public and Congress to deal with great depression issues. His subsequent Fireside Chats, that began eight days later, would continue his addresses with the American public.
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The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition.
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Hoover Dam is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
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A nationwide scare develops when Orson Welles broadcasts his War of the Worlds radio drama, which included fake news bulletins stating that a Martian invasion had begun on earth.
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In 1990, Hurricane devastates Glaveston, TX.
