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the name america is used in the first geography books
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Smallpox is introduced to the new world
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Mississippi river is discovered
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Spanish found St. Agustine Florida
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Ranoke found abandoned
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Jamestown is founded
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Puritans settle in Massacusettes
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Harvard college is founded
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First printing press is set up in Massacusttes
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Pennyslvania is founded by William Penn
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Yale college is founded
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Benjamin Franklin is born
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around 349 buildings destroyed
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the stamp act is passed
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population reaches 2,210,000
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The U.S capital is moved from Phlidelphia to Washington D.C
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New York passes emancipation act
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New York gives free slaves the right to vote
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Underhround railroad is established
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Lincoln is assassinated
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world war 1 begins
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FDR elected for president
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22nd amendment is passed
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Alask and Hawaii are made states
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George W. Bush is elected president
