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Goes Back to Spain in March
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Columbus Leaves Spain on November, possibly in 1494
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Henry Hudson voyages down the Hudson River
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The Compact was signed in November
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Massachusetts is the first to recognize slavery as a legal act.
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Created to regulate the trade and commerce from the English Settlements
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Begins in the South of New England in November
The war then spreads to Northern England in September -
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The war ends in the Southern Part of England in 1676
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Begins in July
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In March the Stamp Act is Passed
In May of 1765 the Quartering Act is passed: houseing and payment for British troops.
Also in May the Virginia House of Burgesses calls for other colonies to protest against the Stamp Act
In October 1765 the Stamp Act Congress wrights the, "Declaration of Rights and Grievances," in Philadelphia. -
In March Parliament passes stamp act: legal documents, printed matter, among other paper products
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In March the Stamp Act is repealed, but Parliament can tax the colonies in, "all cases whatsoever," with the Declaratory Act
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In July, New York's legislature is suspended when they failed to uphold the Quartering Act
In November a new round of taxes are put onto range of colonial products. -
In January the Massachusetts legislation speaks to George III to protest, "Taxation without representation."
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In May the Virginia House of Burgesses tells Parliament that they can not tax the colony
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In March, five Bostonian Men are killed by Brittish soldiers
In April, Parliament stops the Townshend duties, except for a tax on tea. -
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Begins at the battles of Lexington & Concord in April
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Submitted in November
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The war ends in Northern England in 1777
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The war ends with the Treaty of Paris in September
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In December Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey ratified the constitution
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In January Georgia, and Connecticut ratify the constitution
In April Maryland ratifies the constitution
In May South Carolina ratifies the constitution
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In February Massachusetts narrowly ratified the constitution
In March Rhode Island fails to ratify the constitution
In August North Carolina fails to ratify the constitution -
In June New York ratifies the constitution, which guaranteed the success of the constitution going into action.
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In January the constitution takes affect
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In December the Bill of Rights is ratified
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From June-July Congress passes the Alien and Sedition Acts
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In February the supreme court reviews the Marbury v. Madison Case
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In May Lewis & Clark begin there expedition
On November they took up winter quarters with the Mandan Indians -
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In April the expedition reaches the mouth of the Yellowstone River.
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In August Pike goes looking for the source of the Mississippi River
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In July Lewis and Clark split the Corps of Discovery into two separate groups
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Sometime before Lewis & Clark split the Corps of Discovery, Noah Webster publishes the American Dictionary
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In July Zebulon Pike sets out to explore the southwestern Louisiana Territory
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Timeline is uncertain
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In June the United States declares war against the British
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In December the Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending the 1812 war
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In March the Missouri Compromise allowd for Missouri and Maine become U.S. states
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In May Congress passes the Indian Removal Act
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In April the US declares war against Mexico
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In February the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the war
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In February the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty ends the Mexican War & gives the U.S. 500,000 square miles of territory
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Denied African Americans from having citizenship
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In December, the 13th Amendment is ratified which ends slavery in the U.S.
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In April, Abraham Lincoln is killed by John Wilkes Booth during a play
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In June the 14th Amendment is ratified which established rights and due process for citizens
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In February the 15th Amendment is ratified which bans discrimination in voting due to race or previous conditions of servitude.
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In May the Force Act is passed- gave power to Congress to crack down on the KKK.
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In 1871 Congress assesses and publicized the violence against free African Americans and White allies in the South that the Ku Klux Klan attacked.
