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Columbus discovers America.
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Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal.
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De Gama sails around the southern tip of africa the India.
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Balboa claims all land touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain.
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Cortez conquers Mexico for Spain.
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Magellan's vessel completes circumnavigation of the world.
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Pizarro crushes the Incas.
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De Soto explores the Southeast and dicovers the Mississippi River.
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Eliabeth I became queen casing Protestantism to be dominate England.
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Spanish build fortess at St. Augustine
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Raliegh founds Roanoke colony.
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England defeats the Spanish Armada.
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Virginia Colony founded at Jamestown, named for King James.
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The Spanish found New Mexico
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Rolfe perfects tobacco culture in Virginia.
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Representative self-government was born.
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A Dutch warship appeared of the coast of Jamestownand sold 2o Africans.
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Lord Baltimore founds England.
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Act of Toleration is passed in Maryland
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The Carolina colony is founded by 8 nobles.
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the 2nd college to be established
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This war was know as Queen Anne's War in America and the War of Spanish Succession in Europe.
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A "cajun" culture is created there as a result.
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Benjamin Franklin wrote Poor Richard's Almanac
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Johnathan Edwards starts the Great Awakening by question predestination
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This war, fought by between Britain and Spain, was confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia.
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This war is known as King George's War in America and the War of Austrian Succession in Europe.
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Summoned by Britain, delegates from the colonies met in Albany to create a plan to keep the Indians loyal and to create colonial unity.
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This war was was known as the Seven Years War in Europe.
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Pitt changes the army's focus to defeating Quebec and Montreal.
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John Wolfe leads Britain to victory in this battle
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This forbade colonists from settling west of the Applachian mountains.
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This treaty ended the French and Indian War and removed France from America.
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Sugar start being taxed in the colonies
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Stamps and other paper products staart being taxed in the colonies.
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This act required certain colonies to house and feed troops
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This act put a light import duty on glass, white lead, paint, amd tea.
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Brittish soldiers open fire on colonists.
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Groups of colonists that spread the spirit of resistance to the mother country.
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The Sons of Liberty disguise as Indians an smash 342 barrels of tea in to the harbor.
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First Anti-Slavery Society founded by the Quakers.
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The declaration of Independence is signed
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NJ temporarily gives women voting rights
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Thomas Paine writes Common Sense.
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Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress
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Turning point of American Revolution
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France agrees to support the Americans in the Rev, War
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MA adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by a popular vote
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Articles of confederation are completely enforced
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Cornwallis is forced to surrender by Gates' army.
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Ends the Revolutionary War
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Military officers form the Society of Cincinati
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Rebellion of poor farmers.
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Five states meet toplan revision of the Articles
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With a population of 60000 terretories can become states
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Constitution is written in Philadelphia
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9 states approve of the Constitution
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Supreme Court established
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People are guarenteed freedoms
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SW PA farmers refuse to pay whiskey taxes
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Explore the Louisiana Territory
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Jefferson is reelected
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Tripolitan war ended
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Pike's explores the southern portion of the Louisiana Territory
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Burr is found not guilty by Marshall
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America practices nonexportation
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Madison is elected as president
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The Embargo Act is replaced
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Attempt to get France and Britain to stop Trade Restrictions
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Supreme Court is given the right to invalidate state laws deemed unconstitutional
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The Prophet is killed
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US declares war on Britain
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Madison is reelected
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These invasions fail
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Oliver Hazzard Perry defeats the British here
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Macdonough defeats the Brittish
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Complaints by the diminishing federalist party
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First protective tariff
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created the longest country border without fortifications
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Missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state
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Rebellion led by Nat Turner
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This society came ubout through the 2nd Great Awakening.
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There are no more slaves in the West Indies.
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This forbid the debate of slavery.
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British sink a US ship
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A preacher is murdered by a mob
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Weld publishes this book that tells the brutal truth about slavery.
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Harrison dies for weeks into office so Tyler is forced to take over
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Americans and Canadians fight over Main Boundary
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Lord Ashburton and Daniel Webster settle the Maine Boundary Dispute and dispute over the US and Canadian Border
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Polk defeats Clay in "Manifest Destiny" election
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Us annex Texas because the British are contemplating helping Texas.
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Frederick Douglas publishes an autobiography
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Polk instigated this war to acquire California.
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Us is given up to the 49th parallel.
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Polk lowers tariffs and it turns out to be very beneficial.
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Zachary Taylor defeats Santa Anna's army at Buena Vista.
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US wins war, but still pays Mexico for California.
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Free Soil Party is a political party opposed to slavery
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Many rush to California in search of gold.
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John Brown slaughters 6 pro clavery people
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Violent civil war begins in Kansas
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He defeated Fremont and Fillmore
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Supreme Court ruling in favor of slavery
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Financial Crisis caused by overspeculation and inflation
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Book published by Hinton R. Helper . States non slaving owning whites are victims
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Lincoln and Douglas compete for seat as Illinois Senator.
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Brown attempts to lead a slave reovolt but is arrested by Robert E. Lee
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South Carolina secedes wiith Lincoln election as President
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Confederate States of America are formed by 7 seceded states
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Robert E. Lee lead this major victory for the South
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Naval battle that made wooden warships obsolete
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Another loss for the union led by Pope
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Through this victory, the South lost a major trading port
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Gave land to people
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McClellan started the Union's Peninsula Campaign
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A turning point of the Civil war that ended all chances of foriegn intervention
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Turning point battle won by the union under the command of Meade
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Without authority, Lincoln "frees" the slaves in southern states.
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Lincoln vetos the Wade Davis Bill and stick to 10% plan
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Lincoln defeats McClellan
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John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln
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Black Codes passes dicriminating against black in the South
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13th amendment ratified
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Freedman's Bureau ated as an early firm of wellfare.
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14th amendment give African Americans some rights
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KKK harmed blacks
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Conress passes it over Johnson's veto
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US purchases Alaska from Russia
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Reconstruction Act is passed to reconstruct post civil war America
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Black men earn the right to vote
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Grant defeats Seymour
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Fisk and Gould buy gold for a lot more than they bought it for.
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It grants women the right to vote
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Tweed scandal in NY
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Credit Mobiler exposed
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Grant defeats Greeley for presidency
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Comstock law passed
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Financial Panic caused by loans that could not be paid back
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Treasury steals money
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Gave rights to blacks.
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Hayes-Tilden election stadogg and crisis
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Hayes becomes preseident
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The Civil war comes to an end
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Nation Paralyzed
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Garfield defeats Hancock for presidency
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Garfield assassinated
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Arthur takes over after the death of Garfield
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No Chinese immigrants allowed to come to the US
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It set up the Civil Service Comission
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Cleveland defeats Blaine for presidency
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Harrison defeats Cleveland for presidency
