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Rolfe lands in Jamestown, Virginia-bringing tobacco with him.
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First meeting is held in Virginia.
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First legal document signed in the colonies.
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*no specific date. Poor farmers rebell against the elitist great planters.
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The first three women are taken to court in Massachusetts, accused of being a witch.
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Zenger is taken to court, accused of libel against the crown.
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Rebellion commences
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The Battle of Fort Necessity between the French and English over American territory, leading to the Frecnh and Indian (or Seven Year) War.
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The first movement towards adressing the colonies as a whole and amking efforts to unite them under one government.
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Five colonists are shot and killed in Boston by British troops.
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British Parliament passes the Coercive Acs, outraging American Patriots.
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America gains freedom after the victory in the Revolutionary War.
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Was incited from poor economic situations (post war) and government's policies that only worsened the matter.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, making the production of cotton quicker and easier.
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Farmers rebell against taxes on their beer production used from their leftover crops.
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Adams passes the first Alien & Sedition Act.
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The trial begins.
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out to explore the western frontier.
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Congress passes the Missouri Compromise which created an imaginary line through what once was Louisiana Territory. This line distinguished between slve states and free states.
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All attempts by English to intrude colonize into the U.S. were now considered an act of intrusion.
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Santa Anna's armies attack the Fort Alamo in Texas during the Mexican-American War.
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Thousands of Indians are forced to leave their homes and relocate on account of the Indian Removal Act.
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The belief that it was God's will for the Americans to expand into the West. (approximate dates)
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*exact day unknown. The first organized women's rights convention in the West.
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The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise made between slave states and free states which granted some states money or new slave laws while others were admitted as free states.
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Important because it exposed the harsh and inhumane treatment of black slaves, as well as being written by a female, black writer.
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This case made an example out of blacks that showed they were not viewed with equal rights whether they were free or not, and did not have the right to have U.S. citizenship.
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President Abraham Lincoln issues this document, freeing African slaves.
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Military force is now allowed to fight against terrorist attacks (such as the Klu Klux Klan).
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United States declares war on Spain when they refuse to give up Cuba.
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A telegram from the British attempting to sway the Mexicans to side with them in case America entered World War I.
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The stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression.
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FDR puts his "New Deal" into action after his inauguration during the Depression. *Exact day unknown
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Japan bombs the American Navy base during World War II.
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The U.S. drops the atom bomb in Japan resulting in their surrender and many, many casualties. (Nagaski was bombed three days later.)
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Truman declares that the U.S. will help any democratic country that is threatened by communist countries.
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Segregated "black and white" schools are deemed unconstitutional.
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Allowed President Johnson to send troops into Southeast Asia.
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Largest campaign launched in the Vietnam War.
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The Democratic National Committee hq is broken into. Which results in Nixon's resignation.
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The U.S. Embassy is taken over by Islamic revolutionaries who capture over 60 hostages.
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The space shuttle explodes after its launch carrying the first teacher who ever attempted to travel into space.
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*no exact day. Although this Scandal had been occuring previous to November 1986, this is the day that the affair came to light in the public. The affair being the U.S. illegaly selling arms to Iran in hopes of the American hostages being set free.
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The twin towers are struck by a plane that was hijacked by terrorsits. The pentagon is also attacked.
