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Jamestown was the first succsesful colony of America
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On this day the pilgrims set foot on Plymouth rock
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the pequot war started
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King philips war starts
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Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
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people were accusing people of being witches they would have no trial
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the french and indian war starts
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pontiacs rebellion starts
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Did not let colonists expand past the appalachian moubtains
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The british passed these laws to punish boston and the american people for the boston tea party
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the first constitutution
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the treaty of paris was signed on this date
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uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
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The northwest territory was added
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admission of the northwest territory
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The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
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George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States
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The Whiskey Rebellion, also known as the Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States
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the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
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John Adams was the first vice president and the Second President of the United States
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power to deport any alien living in the U.S. with ties to U.S.
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Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams and was elected third President.
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United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution
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America bought land that doubled the size of the U.S from the French
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James Madison was the fourth Preident of the United States. He wrote the first drafts of the U.S Constitution
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James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States. Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States
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The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted.
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Served as the sixth president of the United States. He was an avid swimmer.
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The "Tariff of Abominations" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He also once killed a man in a duel.
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rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South.
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Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States. He was 54 at the time of his inaugeration
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Trail of tears begins
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William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States. Only lasted 1 month in office.
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John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States.
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James K. Polk was the eleventh president of the United States. He was born in North Carolina.
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the mormons migrated to salt lake valley
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The California Gold Rush began at Sutter's Mill, near Coloma. On January 24, 1848.
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the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico gave to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848
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the first women's rights convention.
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Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States
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13th president
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package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War
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part of the group of laws referred to as the "Compromise of 1850
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14th
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agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States payed Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
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let the citezens decide if slavery was goin to be allowed there or not
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15th
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dred scott went to supreme court .African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens
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16th
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provided settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of residence before receiving ownership of the land.
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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17th
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United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million.
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18th
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the transcontinental railroad was completed
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Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina became Democratic once again
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19th
