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European explorer Christopher Columbus reaches America.
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This event was the first settlement for England in America.
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Britain and France waged war in America over territory.
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Colonists protested against British Taxes and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
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The first battle of Revolutionary War
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The Thirteen Colonies declared independence from Britain.
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The last battle of the Revolutionary War where Britain finally surrendered.
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This event was the drafting of the constitution.
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The invention of the Cotton Gin was to sppeed up the picking of Cotton.
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The government passed laws to remove foreigners and to take critics to court.
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This was the purchase of the state of Louisiana.
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The War of 1812 was a fight between Britains and Americans.
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The Missouri compromise submitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a non-slave state.
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Andrew Jackson is elected as the seventh President.
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The Telegraph was invent by Samuel Morse for long distance commmunication.
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A economic panic that led to a depression.
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Native Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate
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A territorial conflict between Mexico and America where America got a lot of land.
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Laws that tried to ease tension over slavery.
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The Civil War ends after General Lee surrenders to General Grant.
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The first shots were fired that started the Civil War.
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President Lincoln frees all slaves.
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President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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These are the Ammendments to the constitution regarding slavery, citizenship, and voting rights.
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President Johnson was impeached by the House of Representitives, but acquited by the Senate.
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New inventions change society and communication around the world.
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John D. Rockefeller standard oil becomes the first major trust in the US.
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Workers went on labor strikes to protest for their rights.
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The war that led to Caribbean and Pacific territories being part of the US.
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After President McKinley is assassinated, President Roosevelt Becomes president.