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The British First Come to North America
English people came to America for different reasons. First, people came to Jamestown to get money. Then, the Puritans came to America to gain freedom from the Church of England. -
First African Slaves in America
Slavery in America started in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought 20 African slaves ashore in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
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Seven Years War
The Seven Years War was a conflict between Britain and France over territory in America.
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Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Revolutionary War between the US and England. It declared the US as an independent nation. -
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Westward Expansion
After the Louisiana Purchase, westward expansion became popularized along with the notion of Manifest Destiny.
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Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act moved all Indians east of the Mississippi River to Oklahoma. Tribes were removed by force or killed if they did not comply.
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Slavery in 1860
In 1860, the year the first state succeeded, 13% of the US population was slaves. This means out of 31 million people about 4 million were slaves. -
13th Amendment abolished slavery
The 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
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The Ku Klux Klan Founded
The Ku Klux Klan was formed to reform African American rights. They engaged in terrorist raids against African Americans including destroying property, assault, and murder. -
Freedmen's Bureau formed
The Freedmen's Bureau was established to help newly freed slaves start new lives.
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First Transcontinental Railroad Completed
Because of the first transcontinental railroad, profits of many people in America skyrocketed, from workers to owners of railroads to farmers in western America.
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Ellis Island
Ellis Island was an immigration station in New York. It brought around twelve million people to the United States in 62 years.
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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
Fourteen points Wilson created as a treaty to end the war, but it wasn't chosen as the Treaty to end World War I. -
Harlem Renaissance
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Harlem Renaissance was when African American communities flourished through many different aspects. -
Scottsboro Boys
9 African American boys were almost sentenced to death for rape even though there was very little evidence. The trial went to Supreme Court and was overturned multiple times. -
V-E Day
V-E Day is the day Germany surrendered and the Allies won against them. However, there was still a war against Japan. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill gave a speech declaring that there was an iron curtain in Europe separating Eastern and Western Europe. -
I Have A Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in Washington during a March. This speech would become an integral part of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Segregation abolished
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, which legally ended discrimination and segregation that had been institutionalized by Jim Crow laws. -
Rally in Charlottesville
A white supremacists rally in Charlotteville to prevent the removal of a statue of a confederate general escalated a lot. Many people were killed. Many say that the police enforcement waited to intervene between the nationalist rallygoers and counterprotesters.
