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On august 3rd 1492 columbus' ships set sail
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the ships landed on the bahamas
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moctezuma ruled the aztec empire which was the height of its power in early 1500s
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jamestown is founded
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Hernan cortez left to sail to present day mexico
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italian captain giovanni da verrazano sought northwest passage
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Pizzaro and Native american allies conquered Inca empire
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french began spreading out from saint lawrence river
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english fleet captured undefended colony of new amsterdam
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louis jolliet and jacques marquette searching for the missippi
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king charles the 2nd agreed to grant penn a charter to begin a colony to begin a colony west of new jersey
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philadelphia had become the largest british colonial city
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king george 3 issued the proclomation of 1763
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paraliament passed the sugar act
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englishman richard arkwright invented spinning machine
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first continental congress had a meeting
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patriot troops led by general richard
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12 colonies net in philadelphia for second continental congress
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the continental congress approved the declaration of independence
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slaves became legal in all colonies
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slavery was legal in all colonies
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colonies were taking steps to end slavery
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treaty of paris came after 2 years
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spanish officials closed lower part of the missippi river
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congress proposed 12 amendments
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population grew ove 33,000 people
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demand for american cotton grew rapidly
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french revolutionaries behead king louis xvi
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cherokee children learned to read and write
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spain closed new orleans to american shipping
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an adventure story published during american revolution
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cyrus mccormick developed harvesting machine
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after rebellion slavery begin to spread
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henry clay of kentucky had propsed a compromise that would
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a new political party formed to oppose jackson
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massachsetts law makers created a state board of education
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a serve economic depression
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massachusetts created state board of education
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john deere invents the plow
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sarah brimke publish a pamplet arguing for equal right for women
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the whigs united against the weekend van bauren
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president jamey polk wanted to extend line to west dividing mexican cession
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new york city gets its first police force
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oregon became an organized u.s territory
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truth gave a speech that is often quoted to this day
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a spark occured at fort summer
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riots broke out when african americans were brought into new york city
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completion of the transcontinental railroad
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the demand for coal and steel grew