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1765-1927
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. -
Stamp Act Repealed
After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
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Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Gulford Court House
A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans . -
U.S. Wins Independence from Britain
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Treaty Of Paris is ratified
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America's Government is Enacted
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George Washington becomes first U.S. president.
After the Constitution was ratified, Washington unanimously won the presidential election and took the oath of office in New York on April 30, 1789. At the time he was elected President, there were no established political parties in the United States. -
Bill of Rights is approved
Virginia became the 10th of 14 states to approve 10 of the 12 amendments, thus giving the zbill of Rights the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it legal. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was an Act of the United States Congress to give effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Constitiution that guaranteed the right of a slaveholder to recover an escaped slave. -
Invention Of The Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that guickly and easily seperates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton seperation. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congres as America prepared for war with France. -
George Washington dies at Mount Vernon
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Mexican Independence
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Sacagawea
Accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploratoin of the Western United States. -
Underground Railroad Established
Around this time, the underground railroad was established. -
Gold is Discovered
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Abraham Lincoln
The Senate campaign featured the seven Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858, the most famous politcal debates in American history. -
Oil Industry Is Born
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Lincoln Shot, died the next day.
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13th Amendment Ratified
Slavery is outlawed -
Civil Rights Act Passed
The Civil Right Act wasa United States federal law enacted during hte Reconstruction Era that guaranteed Arican Americans equal treatment in public accomodations, public transportation, and prohibited exclusion from jury service. -
Telephone Invented
Two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both indeemdemtly designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). -
The Wright brothers made their first powered flight in the Wright Flyer
The Wright Flyer was the first successful powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright brothers. -
Henry Ford
An American insustrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. -
Panama Canal United Two Oceans
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World War 1 Ends
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The Espionage Act was signed into law.
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Women Gain The Right to Vote
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Woodrow Wilson
A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Was a United Sytates federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country. -
The broadcast network NBC was founded.
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Television Broadcasting Begins
