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First English colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia
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English Puritans, escaping religious persecution for their opposition to the Church of England founded Plymouth Colony
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The end of the 7 Years' War left England in control of Canada
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Due to the British's taxation without representation, a group of Patriots staged the Boston Tea Party, as a boycott to the taxes. They pretended to be Natives and threw crates of teas in the Boston Harbor.
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Colonial leaders created the First Continental Congress, in which they discussed the colonies' opposition to British rule and created the Declartion of Independance
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War broke out in Lexington and Concord when British soldiers confronted colonial rebels.
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The Continental Congress adopted a Declaration of
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American soldiers defeated the British Army at Saratoga, New York and created an alliance with France, providing the Americans with more troops and warships.
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American and French troops defeated the British army and forced them to surrender at Yorktown, Virgina
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The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution. England recognized America as an independent nation.
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The Louisiana territory was bought from France and doubled the size of the United States.
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The Civil War was fought so the United States could remain one nation and not a divided nation between the North and South. It ended slavery in the U.S.
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Many jobs were lost, industries failed, and wages were cut.
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Japanese bombs base in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. Brings the United States into World War II
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An attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., and a rural field in Pennsylvania killed almost 3,000 people. Terrorists hijacked a plane and crashed into these locations.
