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Polo returns after twenty years in China.
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Columbus stubles upon the Americas
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Agreement that Spain got the west half of the world, and Portuguel gained everything to the east.
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Vasco de Gama reaches India, returns with jewels and spices.
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Balboa declares Spain's land as all land touching the Pacific Ocean.
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Ponce de Leon explores present day Florida.
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Cortes overthrows the Aztecs,
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Ferdinand Magellan returns home after 3 years at sea.
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Pizzaro defeats Incans
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Cabrillo explores the coast for Spain.
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Elizabeth 1 is crowned.
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James 1 is crowned.
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Spain and England sign peace treaty.
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John Rolfe perfects it in Virginia.
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First Anglo-Powhatan War ends.
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Virginia becomes a royal colony.
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Seconds Anglo-Powhatan War
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War in North Carolina 1711-1713.
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War in South Carolina from 1715-1716
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Georgia is founded.
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Every state but rhode island showed, todays constitution was created.
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Began the official rebellion of america from britian.
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america officially becomes allies with france.
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this ended the american revolutionary war
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the constitution currently used today is offically put into effect.
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The revolution begins,
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our nations first president, geroge washington, was elected.
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the Judiciary act of 1789 established the judicial branch/
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the first official census is taken
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after mucg debating the bill of rights is offically included in the declaration
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the bank of the united states is created after conflict from jefferson on the issue.
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New excise tax is passed on all "luxury items"
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Vermont offcially is added as the 14th state of America.
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George Washington is reelected as President
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He came over to america to recrute soldiers
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France declares war on britain and spain, later causes problems for america
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Washingto officially proclaims america as being neutral between britain and france.
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Caused by south-western pennsylvanians upset over excise taxes on whiskey.
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a treaty between the us and indians, granting them acess to hunting grounds and gave us indiana.
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created peace with france
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Jefferson took office.
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This act created new judges in the branch.
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The leader of Tripoli orders the U.S. flag to be cut down.
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This corrected the Alien Act and lowered the number of years to become a citizen.
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Lewis and Clark set out on their adventure across the country.
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Zebulon Pike explored the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase.
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This was England's way of fighting back against France
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This act said that America would not trade with England or France.
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In this battle, "The Prophet" is killed.
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Napoleon was exiled to this mediteranian island, but quickly became its ruler and went back to France.
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The people of New England came together to express their grievances.
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This brought peace to the war of 1812
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After his return, Naploeon is once again relocated to this remote island.
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This was the first protective tariff, protecting american industries.
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This era has been said to be sarcasticly named for the termoil in the country.
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This was Bitain's last major loss of American land.
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America goes through its first financial crisis.
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This was the first defining case of America and insituted the Judicial Review.
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This eliminated the purchase of public land in the United States on credit.
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This prohibited British to populate America
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This tariff rose American's taxes as well as their tempers. It was not originally called the Tarrif of Abomination, but became known as it from American's hate of it.
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This Act to help move Indians to the West became forced removal of many, not what Jackson had intended it to be. Lead to the Trail of Tears.
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This slave rebellion caused the most deaths of any other. Nat Turner was the leader of it, he held no mercy killed women and children.
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This legislation angered many, believing it was unconstitutional. This prevented the debate of abolition in Congress.
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When an American ship, the U.S.S Caroline was attacked on the American border of the Niagra river, and eventually sunk, Americans were yet again in a possible war triggering situation with Britain.
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This feud between americas lumberjacks and britian began over border disputes of Main. When britain began to construct a road, lumberjacks fought back.
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Aboard The Creole slaves rebelled and took over the ship, sailing to the bahamas.
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William Henry Harrison, the 9th President, passed away from pnemonia, leaving Tyler to take his place.
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Polk became president wanting to accomplish four things in his term: settling Oregan, gaining California, restoring independent treasury, and creating a lower tariff.
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The annexation of Texas took so long because of the slavery issue. Tylor made it a main point in his final days in office. When Britain showed interest in alling with Texas, America finally passed it.
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This lower tariff was one of Polk's main goals. It was great for American revenue.
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It was thought that the Mexican-American War was a ploy to gain California. It began when Polk ordered Taylor and his men to go to the Rio Grande where his men were attacked by Mexicans.
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This treaty brought an end to the Mexican-American War. It came with several points including America's gain of California.
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This new political party was very much anti-slavery, and called the Free Soil Party. This party eventually became the Republican Party.
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This Women's suffrage convention held in Seneca Falls was the first of it's kind. Many influential women spoke there.
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Taylor, who was fairly unknown at the time for politics, was elected President. He was a war hero at the battle of Buena Vista.
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This compromise favored free states more so than slave states. California was admitted as a free state while they agreed to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law more so.
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Zachary Taylor passes away after drinking dirty water, Millard Fillmore assumes position as the President, and doesnt take much time to start passing bills.
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The Whig party crumbled in this election where Franklin Pierce became America's 14th President.
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Land was added to the New Mexico and ArizonaTerritory with this purchase made between America and Mexico.
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Preston Brooks was hired to violently beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane, by Andrew Butler.
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Five proslavery men are slaughtered in this slave uprising and abolitionist rebellion lead by John Brown.
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The Dred Scott v. Sanford case declared that slaves could not sue in U.S. courts because they were not legal citizens.
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Written by Hinton Helper, this novel greatly helped the cause for abolition like other novels like Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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John Brown attempts another slave revolt in Harper's Ferry, Virginia but it is a failure.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as the new president, beating 3 of his opponents.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from America after Lincoln's election.
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South Carolina seceded after Lincoln's election, but his inauguration causes even more states to seced.
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Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked, this is the location to many conflicts in the Civil War
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First and Second Confiscation Acts are passed. These authorized the confiscation of confederate property, including slaves.
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slavery will be abolished in the southern states, but not the border states. Showing the South there was no turning back.
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A union ship intercepted two Confederate Diplomats on a ship in 1861, known as the Trent Affair.
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Abraham Lincoln issues the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, this lays out the terms that the south would have to meet in order for a smooth reconstruction of the union.
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Lincoln is reelected to another term as the President of the United States.
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Sheman issues Special Field Order #15, these were military orders to confiscate 400,000 acres across the Atlantic coast.
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Congress establishes the Freedmen's Bureau, this group provided help for freed slaves in distress from 1865-1872.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, ending the war.
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John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at the Ford's Thearter in Washington,DC.
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Andrew Johnson becomes president, he was Lincoln's Vice President, taking office after Lincoln's assassination.
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Johnson begins reconstruction, and the 13th Amendment is ratified.
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The Ku Klux Klan is founded in Pulaski, Tennesse, by confederate army veterans.
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Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, intended to protect the civil rights of african americans.
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Congress passes the Tenure of Office Act, made it so that the president could not remove office holders without senate approval.
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Congress passes the first and second reconstruction acts to rebuild the union.
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President Johnson is impeached by the House off Representatives,
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14th amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States
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Ulysses S. Grant is elected president of the United States against Horatio Seymour.
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Congress ratifies the 15th amendment, granting voting right to african american males.
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Congress passes the Ku Klux Klan Act, created heavy penalties for terrorism and , military force to stop the KKK.
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Congress passes the Resumption Act, which reducing the greenbacks in circulation, replacing the fractional paper currency with silver coins.
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Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1875, gauranteing african americans equal treatment.
