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Jamestown Founded
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Virginia Founded
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Mayflower
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New York founded
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New Hampshire founded
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English Civil War start
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English Civil War end
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South Carolina founded
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King Phillips War
last major effort made by Indians of southern New England -
Bacons Rebellion
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Revolutionary War starts
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Articles of Confederation adopted
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The Treaty of Paris ratified
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Revolutionary War ends
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Constitution signed
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Pennsylvania founded
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New Jersey founded
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Connecticut founded
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Massachusettes founded
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North Carolina founded
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George Washington becomes president
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Vermont founded
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John Adams becomes president
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Thomas Jefferson becomes president
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The Louisiana Purchase
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James Madison becomes president
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War of 1812 begins
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Treaty of Ghent
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War of 1812 ends
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James Monroe becomes president
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Red River Basin
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Florida
Florida ceded to United States -
Adam-Onís Treaty
The treaty, named after Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Spanish minister Louis de Onís, ceded Florida to the United States. In exchange, the United States agreed to pay up to $5 million in damages to Americans who had claims against Spain and to forfeit any claims to Texas. -
Maine founded
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John Quincey Adams becomes president
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Andrew Jackson becomes president
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Nat Turners Rebellion
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Martin Van Buren becomes president
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William Henry Harrison becomes president
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John Tyler becomes president
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Gadsden Purchase
In 1853 President Franklin Pierce sent James Gadsden to negotiate with Mexico. Gadsden was president of the South Carolina Railroad and a former military officer who had been involved in the forcible removal of Seminole Indians in Florida. The Mexican government was in desperate need of money, and it agreed to sell a small strip of land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the United States for $10 million. The railroad project was delayed by the Civil War, but eventually the Southern Pacific Railroa -
Texas annexation
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James K. Polk becomes president
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Oregon Country
the two countries (Britain and the U.S.) reached an agreement to divide the territory at the 49th parallel. -
Mexican War beggining
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Mexican Cession
the two countries (Mexico and U.S.) signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty recognized Texas as a U.S. state, and ceded a large chunk of land — about half the area that belonged to the Mexican republic — to the United States for the cost of $15 million. -
Mexican War ending
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Zachary Taylor becomes president
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Millard Fillmore becomes president
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Franklin Pierce becomes president
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James Buchanan becomes president
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Civil War begins
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Abraham Lincoln becomes president
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West Virginia founded
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Civil War ends
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Andrew Johnson becomes president
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Alaska
In 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward met with Russian diplomats and, after an all-night negotiating session that ended at 4 a.m., arranged for the United States to purchase Alaska for the cost of $7.2 million — about two cents per acre. -
Ulysses S Grant becomes president
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Hawaii
In 1898, a new president, William McKinley, came to office and agreed to annex the islands. Hawaii became the 50th state of the union in 1959.
