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Important dates in american history
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Colonists form first continental congress as Britain closes Boston harbor and deploys troops in Massachusetts
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George Washington leads colonist continental army against British rule
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Thomas Jefferson's declaration of independence endorsed by congress; colonies declare independence
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Stars and stripes on the flag for the US was adopted
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Americans suffer their worst defeat at the battle of Charleston, South Carolina losing 10,000 soldiers
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General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington ending the armed struggle of the American Revolution
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Britain accepts the loss of the colonies in North America by virtue of the Treaty of Paris
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The founding fathers gathered to draw up a new constitution for the United States and comes into effect in 1788
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George Washington elected as the first president of the United States
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The bill of rights guarantees individual freedom for the citizens under the new constitution
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France sells the Louisiana territories to the US almost doubling the size
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The Michigan territory was added to the US furthering the size of it and soon becoming a free state with lots of industry
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The Atlantic slave trade is banned so they could not get slaves from Africa which was a big exporter of slaves so they had to be smuggled or get slaves another way
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William Henry Harrison led his troops to defeat the Indians led by Tecumseh at the battle of Tippecanoe
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The war of 1812 between the US and Britain started because Britain tried to limit the trade and travel of US
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The war of 1812 finished and the Americans won instilling a great deal of nationalism and gaining respect from other countries
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The Missouri compromise was made admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
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The US gains New Mexico and California from the Mexican war
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Those who opposed slavery set up Republican party and the Kansas and Nebraska act was passed
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Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the US in 1860
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Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from the union and form confederate states of America
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation proclamation declaring all slaves in confederate states to be free
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The civil war ended with the Union being the Victor and slavery being abolished under the 13th amendment and Lincoln is assassinated
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the Americans won the last battle of the Indian war at Wounded Knee against the Sioux people
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The Spanish-American war ended with the US gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba, US annexes Hawaii.
