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Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain with the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina
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Jamestown Colony was established in Virginia
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Salem Witch Trials
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Stamp Act Established
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Battle of Bunker Hill: Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence is signed
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Treaty of Paris recognizes American Independence
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George Washington becomes the first president. Bill of Rights is adopted by Congress
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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Migration to Oregon begins (Oregon Trail, covered wagons go west)
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First Battle of Bull Run: American Civil War Begins. Confederacy (Southern States) is formed
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The Proclamation frees salves
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Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address given by President Lincoln (Four Score and Seven Years Ago...) -
Civil War ends with Lee's surrender
Lincoln is assassinated -
Congress passes Civil Rights Act
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Plessy vs. Ferguson upholds separate but equal (separate schools, facilities, designated areas for Whites and Blacks)
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World War I begins
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US enters WWI
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Armistice declared in WWI (stop fighting)
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Treat of Versailles is signed
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Stock Market crashes and the Great Depression begins
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World War II begins
Germany invades Poland and Czechoslovakia -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor (US military site in Hawaii)
US enters WWII -
US drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (in Japan)
Allied Troops liberate concentration camps
Hitler commits suicide
Germany surrenders
Japan surrenders
WWII ends -
Korean War begins (it ends in 1953 with a truce)
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Brown vs. Board of Education determines that separate is not equal
Schools must desegregate -
Height of Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Speech
JFK assassinated -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
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Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon.
Height of Vietnam War -
US troops withdraw from Vietnam
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The Equal Rights Amendment (equal rights for everyone regardless of gender) fails to be ratified by states. Think equal pay for men and women.
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Berlin Wall Falls (big part of Cold War). Wall separated East Germany (Soviet Union) and West Germany (Free Europe)
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Two Planes are hijacked and flown into the Twin Towers in New York City. This event marks the beginning of the War on Terrorism.
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US invades Iraq
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Obama is elected as the first Black President
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Trump is elected President.
