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Columbus become the first new European to discover the New World. This opened up the new Continent to Europeans to colonization.
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This is the first attempt to colonize the New World by the English. Roanoke was found abandoned.
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Jamestown become the first permanent English Settlement in the New World. This would be based off Virginia is later years.
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Pennsylvania is founded which quickly becomes the most influential state in the Union.
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The First Great Awakening starts a new religious revival. This changes the United States social and cultural stand points.
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Americans dressed as Indians dump gallons of Tea into Boston Harbor. This was a major protest to British taxes on American goods.
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The Revolutionary War begins with Lexington and Concord. This would be the start of a long and hard 6 years of war.
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This is America's first public cry that they are independent from Britain. This is now a celebrated date in United States history.
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The Revolutionary War ends, making the United States an independent nation from Britain, and diminishing Britain's naval power.
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The United States Constitution is drafted which adopts a better form of government than the Articles of Confederation
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The Whiskey Rebellion shows how the New Government can withstand attempts of rebellion
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The French Revolution begins, which was inspired by the American Revolution.
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Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Purchase from Spain which doubles the size of the United States
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins, which maps out most of the Western United States, and finds new plants and animals.
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The War of 1812 begins launching a war between Britain and the United States because of impressment on American soliders.
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With the end of the war, the borders remain the same and the US is launched onto the world stage.
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The Missouri Compromise sets Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and makes any states under the 36 parallel slaves states.
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Spain gives the United States Florida which increases the size of the United States south, so that they aren't bordered by two rival countries.
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The first major slave rebellion in the United States, this provides hope for slaves that want freedom
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The Trail of Tears is the forced migration of Indians to Oklahoma from their reservations. The Indians would get nothing in return but would have to go to new lands.
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The Mexican-American War begins, and by it's end the United States owns much of the South west, and mexico is no longer a threat.
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The Gold Rush of California begins, which brings multiple people out to the West, rapidly advancing California into a state.
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The Civil War begins with the firing on Fort Sumter. This starts a 4 year war which the North eventually wins.
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The Civil War ends with Robert Lee's surrender at Appromatex. This frees all slaves and joins the Union as one again.
