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1440
Invention of the Printing Press
Knowledge is power and the printing press allowed knowledge to be passed on faster than any point before this -
1482
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand and Isabella completed the Reconquista with a war against the Emirate of Granada that started in 1482 and ended with Granada's surrender in 1492 -
1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
Columbus while sailing for an alternative to the silk road accidentally discovers America. who knew messing up could be that impactful -
1492
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand and Isabella completed the Reconquista with a war against the Emirate of Granada that started in 1482 and ended with Granada's surrender in 1492. End -
The Great Epidemic
Colonists coming to the Americas brought over smallpox and infected many Native Americans -
Slavery begins
First slaves arrive in Virginia. They had deals to work for a certain time period and be rewarded with land -
Freedom of worship
Roger Williams founded Providence -
Immigration
The Dutch West India Company announces that Jews were permitted to emigrate to and live in New Amsterdam -
King Phillips War
The Native Americans last effort to stop English settlement on their lands -
Freedom of the press
Protects the right to obtain and publish information or opinions without government censorship or fear of punishment -
The Boston tea party
The political protest against the cruel British taxes -
Declaring Independence
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain on this day -
The Battle of Saratoga
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Treaty of Paris
British acknowledged the sovereignty of the American colonies -
Shays’ Rebellion
An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis -
The Industrial Revolution
The transitions to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States -
The Election of 1800
Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist John Adams by a margin of seventy-three to sixty-five electoral votes in the presidential election -
Marbury v. Madison
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Transportation Revolution
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Expanding Suffrage
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The Second Great Awakening
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Abolition
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The Communication Revolution
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Baseball
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The Mexican War
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The Homestead Act
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The Battle of Antietam
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The 14th Amendment
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The Tet Offensive
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The National Parks
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Ending Reconstruction
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Custer
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Haymarket
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War with Spain
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Spanish-American war
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The Great Migration
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The Second Transportation Revolution
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Hookworm
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The 19th Amendment
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The Year of Upheaval
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The New Deal
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The Manhattan Project
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The Battle of Midway
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Suburbanization
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The Berlin Airlift and the Cold War
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The Birth of Television
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The Pill
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Civil Rights
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The Birth of Environmentalism
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Watergate
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The Personal Computer
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The End of the Cold War
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9/11