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In 1606 English Colonies discovered Jamestown. It was the first permanent english colony on American mainland
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On November 9 1620 the Mayflower a ship with101 passagers landed in Cape Cod, Massachsetts. On November 11, the Mayflower Compact was also signed by 41 of the men aboard the ship.
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In September 7,1630 Boston was founed by persian english colonists John Winthrop .
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In 1638 the very first Printing Press was made in Cambridge,Massachusetts.
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In 1699 The English Parliament passes the Wool Act, whichs protects its own wool industry by limiting wool production in Ireland and forbidding the export of wool from the American colonies.
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1711 - Hostilities break out between Native Americans and settlers in North Carolina after the massacre of settlers there. The conflict, known as the Tuscarora Indian War will last two years.
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1750 - 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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In 1752 the Liberty Bell was ordered from an English Bell foundry to celebrate Pennsylvania's 50th anniversary but it was cracked
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1754 - The French and Indian War erupts as a result of disputes over land in the Ohio River Valley. In May, George Washington leads a small group of American colonists to victory over the French, then builds Fort Necessity in the Ohio territory. In July, after being attacked by numerically superior French forces, Washington surrenders the fort and retreats.
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1760 - The population of colonists in America reaches 1,500,000. In March, much of Boston is destroyed by a raging fire.
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1763 - The French and Indian War, known in Europe as the Seven Year's War, ends with the Treaty of Paris. Under the treaty, France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1765 - In March, the Stamp Act is passed by the English Parliament imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies, to offset the high costs of the British military organization in America
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March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre occurs as a mob harasses British soldiers who then fire their muskets pointblank into the crowd, killing three instantly, mortally wounding two others and injuring six.
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In 1773 May 10 the Tea Act takes effect. It maintains a threepenny per pound import tax on tea arriving in the colonies, which had already been in effect for six years.
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On December 16, 1773 the Boston Tea Party occurs as colonial activists disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 containers of tea into the harbor.
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In 1774 September 5 to October 26, the First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia with 56 delegates, representing every colony, except Georgia.
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July 8, 1783 The Supreme Court of Massachusetts abolishes slavery in that state.
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In September 3, 1783 The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britain.
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October 7, 1783 In Virginia, the House of Burgesses grants freedom to slaves who served in the Continental Army.
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On April 30, 1789 On the balcony of New York's Federal Hall, George Washington, at age 57, is sworn in as the first President of the United States. He then enters the Senate chamber to deliver his inaugural address.
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1801 February 11. The electors' votes for president are officially opened and counted in Congress
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1803 - Louisiana Purchase January 18. Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. Meriwether Lewis
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In May of 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the expedition which departs, moving up the Missouri River.
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In 1812 War of 1812 started with Britain
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in 1814 the British burn Capitol building in Washington
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1819 - Alabama admitted as slave state, bringing the number of slave states and free states to equal numbers
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in 1821 New York gives free Blacks the right to vote
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in 1827 Slavery becomes illegal in New York
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In 1828 Andrew Jackson is elected president
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In 1831 Nat Turner a slave preacher killed 57 whites
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in 1832 Oberlin College was founded in Ohio and it amitted blacks
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In 1835 Texas declares indepences from Mexico
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in 1844 Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore
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In 1844 James K. Polk is elected President of untied states
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in 1849 Zachary Taylor is elected President of the untied states
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in 1855 Free Soilers establish government banning slavery and blacks from Kansas
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in 1856 Henry Bessemer invents process that allows mass production of steel
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1859 - Oregon admitted as State
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in 1860 on Novmeber 6 Lincoln is elected President
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on april 14 1864 presdient lincoln is hot by jonh wilks booth and dies the next day
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in 1868 president johnson is impeached
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in 1873 43rd Congress has seven Black members in congress
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in 1875 the jim crows law is passed
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presdient garfield was fatally shot by charles j. guiteau
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U.S. Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross in March on the 16th of 1882
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In 1883 Thomas Edison invents the very 1st light bulb every
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Fingerprints are been used to identification
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The Statue of Liberty was dedicated to New York Habor on October 28th
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On Maarch 3rd of 1891 the U.S Congress created U.S courts of Appeal
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On January 1 of 1892 Ellis Island Beame Reception center for new Immigrants
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On Feburay 1st of 1893 Thomas Edison complete's the world's 1st movie studio, in West Orange ,New Jersey
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On March 17, 1894 U.S. and China signed treaty preventing chinese labores from entering U.S.
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On Febarury 11th of 1895 Georgetown became part of Washington D.C.
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The Galveston , Texas hurricane killed 8000 people
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The First Major oil discovery in Texas occur near Spindletop in Beaumont
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The Island of Cuba gains independence from united states
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The Daytona Educational and Industrial training school for negro girls was opened by Mary McLead Bethune in Daytona Florida
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The City of Las Vegas, Nevada was formed
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The united States Bureau of mines is authorized by an act of the United states congress
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Mount Katmai in southwest Alaska erupts
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In 1913 Grand Central Station opened in New York City
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Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Waston condcut the first telephone conversation between New York and San Francisco
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The United States purchases the Virgin Islands from Denmark and would take possession of the islands until March of 1917
