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This would have been located in modern day Virginia.
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Slaves were brought and sold in America.
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The colonies are going to war for their independence from Britain.
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The colonies gain their independence.
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George Washington becomes the first president.
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Britain starts the Industrial Revolution.
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The US government bought a lot of territory from France for $15 million.
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The US bans slave trade but slavery is still legal.
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French Scientist Nicolas Appert invents canning food, revolutionizing food storage.
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Nat Turner staged a rebellion that killed over 50 people but failed in the end.
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A network of secret routs and safe houses to help salves to escape to areas they could be free.
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The Cherokee were forcibly moved out of their homeland and sent to a new territory. 4,000 people died on this journey.
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People moved west in order to find gold.
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The US bought present day southern Arizona and southern New Mexico.
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This was the first hospital for women and children in the US. It was also a place for female doctors to work and train.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16 president of the US.
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The Confederacy attacks the North starting the Civil War.
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This proclamation set all salves in the Confederacy free.
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The Civil War ends with the surrender of Robert E Lee.
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President Lincoln was assassinated.
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Congress ratifies the 13th amendment, prohibiting slavery.
