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Columbus discoverd land in the new world which is now the Bahamas
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Pope Alexander VI issued a papal bull, giving the Portuguese and the Spanish part of the new world
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Amerigo Vespucci gives the new world a name, America
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The first settlement of North America takes place in St. Augustine, Florida
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Slaves start getting brought over to America on ships
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Sir Walter Raleigh discovers Virginia.
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First theatre performance in America
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The English build the Jamestown Settelment
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Santa Fe is established as the capital of New Mexico and governed by Pedro de Peralta
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The Mayflower arrives in Massachusetts carrying Pilgrims
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First Thanksgiving at Plymouth occurs.
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Roger Williams founded Rhode Island for religious tolerance.
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The first printing press in America arrives
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Robert Child and followers protested against the puritans intolerance against other religions.
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John Hall opens the first American Mint
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King Philip led an attack on a Plymouth colony for killing 3 Indians,
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Bacon rebells towards governor Berkeley over Indian relations
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The Salem Witch Trials begin and people are executed.
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Settlers defend their town against French and Spanish colonists.
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French discover New Orleans.
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Molasses Act, was passed by the English Parliament, imposes heavy duties on molasses.
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The Great Awakening religious movement begins in Massachusetts
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John Peter Zenger is arrested and accused of seditious libel by the Governor.
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John Peter Zenger is brought to trial for seditious libel but is acquitted after his lawyer successfully convinces the jury that truth is a defense against libel.
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First colonial copper coins are minted
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3 violent slave rebellions breakout in the south.
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Fifty black slaves are hanged in Charleston, South Carolina, after plans for another revolt are revealed.
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Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, sponsors an expedition by Danish navigator Vitus Bering to explore the coast of Alaska.
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The American Philosophical Society is founded in Philadelphia by Ben Franklin
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New York Bar Association is founded in New York City.
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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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Currency Act is passed by the English Parliament, banning the issuing of paper money by the New England colonies.
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Ben Franklin discovers electricity.
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The first general hospital is founded, in Philadelphia.
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Benjamin Franklin and William Hunter are appointed as postmasters general for the American colonies.
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A dispute of land rights by the british and the french.
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William Pitt becomes England's Secretary of State and escalates the French and Indian War.
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Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanac.
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Boston is destroyed by a raging fire.
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The population of colonists in America reaches 1,500,000.
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Taxes colonists for sugar imported from the West Indies
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Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City
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The Sons of Liberty band together against taxation without representation
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Printed taxes on paper and documents
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Stamp Act is repealed
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Five Americans killed at the Boston Massacre
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50 rebels throw chests of tea into Boston harbor to protest the tax
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Britain blockades Boston harbor
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French territory is expanded into America
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Acts that stated that Americans had to house and feed British soilders
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The American Revolution begins
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Britain declares war on the American patriots
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Declaration of Independence is signed by members of Congress
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Washington crosses the Delaware River and captures Trenton, Princeton, and New Jersey
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British lay siege on Savannah, Georgia
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British capture Charleston, South Carolina
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The Revolutionary War ends
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The Continental Congress adopts the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation
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The Bank of North America was chartered
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Britain recognizes American Independence
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Rebellion started by Daniel Shay due to financial difficulties
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The Constitutional Convention is held in Philidelphia
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Expanded the Northwest as the first territory of the U.S.
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The U.S. Constitution is Ratified
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Washington is elected to be president.
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The Seat of Government moves
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The Bill of Rights is rattified for the U.S.
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Tom Paine publishes his story called "The Rights of Man"
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Eli Whitney invents cotton gin and
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John Adams is elected to become president.
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Acts put on americans saying you may not say false thing about political figures and you have to leave the country if you are viewed as a threat to it.
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The Library of Congress was founded
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Thomas Jefferson is elected to become the president
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The territory of Louisianna is purchased and added to the U.S.
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Lewis and Clark explore the territory of Louisianna
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General Nelson wins
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Congress prohibits the importing of any African slaves
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Native Americans are defeated in the Battle of Tippecanoe
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Faught between America and Britain because Britain impressed American sailors, supported the American Indian Tribes, and restricted trade.
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Ended the War of 1812
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The Second U.S. Bank was opened and chartered by the government
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The first Seminole War occurs.
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Stated Missouri could be a slave state if Maine could be a free state.
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Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic rotation.
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Stephen Austin founds a colony in Texas
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Stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention
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The Erie Canal was constructed
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Audubon publishes Birds of America
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Jackson introduces the spoils system
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Joseph Smith founds Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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Nat Turner was a slave who rebelled killing 60 whites, but Nat eventually died
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Samuel F.B. Morse designs an improved electromagnetic telegraph.
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Americans faught the Mexican Army at the Alamo until everyone was dead.
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Texas is declared independent and broken up from Mexico
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America faught Mexico for the Independence of Texas
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Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
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Native Americans were forced to walk 1000 miles to Georgia, many died.
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Iowa Territory is organized and colonized
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Daguerre invents the first form of photography
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People believed that god wanted them to expand Westward and take the land.
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Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore.
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James K. Polk is elected President.
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American and Mexico engages in war.
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Zachary Taylor is elected President.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
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President Filmore dies in office.
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Franklin Pierce is re-elected President.
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James Buchanan is elected President.
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The Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision rules that slaves are property and can not have rights.
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Lincoln – Douglas debate in Senate Race, Douglas wins.
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Attacks Harper's Ferry to raid supplies, but fails and is executed.
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Fort Sumter is fired on, which is the start of the Civil War.
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Union loses First Battle of Bull Run because they underestimate the South.
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Union looses and has two times as many deaths as the south.
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Union puts one last effort to take Bull Run but they loose again.
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Major victory for the Union and is a major turning point
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Union is defeated by the South.
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General Sherman marches through Georgia burning and killing everything in his path.
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General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the war.
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President Lincoln is assassinated.
