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Roanoke settlers colonize the island and proceed to disappear.
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Christopher Columbus sails to America.
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Jamestown is established in the new world.
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The first slaves are brought to the English colonies in America.
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Plymouth colony is established with the signing of the mayflower compact.
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Anthony Johnson arrives and lives in Virginia.
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Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn.
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People are frequently accused of being bewitched and sentenced to death.
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The first widespread religious awakening happens.
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Ben Franklin creates the Albany plan to unite the colonies.
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The seven years war is fought between France and Britain sith the native Americans helping France.
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A tax is passed on all paper products in the English colonies.
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7 American protesters were shot by British soldiers with 5 fatalities.
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The Americans protested against the tea tax by dumping tea into Boston harbor.
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The First Continental Congress write a letter to the king of England asking for reconciliation.
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The first battles of the American Revolutionary War take place.
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The Second Continental Congress declares independence from Britain.
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The articles of confederation become the first form of American government.
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Britain surrenders the the U.S. and grants them freedom to be their own country.
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Shay leads a group of angry farmers and occupy the capital for a few hours.
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Delegates from all the states meet and discuss the constitution.
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The constitution is agreed upon by all 13 states.
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George Washington is elected the first president of America.
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George Washington writes his farewell address.
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These acts gave the government more power over immigration.
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Thomas Jefferson is elected the 3rd president of the United States.
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America buys the Louisiana territory from France.
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Lewis and Clark explore inland America.
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America fights its second war with England for America.
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This draws a line of where slavery is allowed.
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James Monroe warns Europeans not to colonize any more in America.
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Andrew Jackson becomes president after the battle of New Orleans.
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Frederick Douglass joins and greatly helps the abolitionists.
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This act made it more difficult for slaves escaping to the north.
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Tried to diffuse the tension between the north and south.
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ThIs anti slave novel is published.
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Kansas has a bloody conflict on the issue of slavery.
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One of the worst Supreme Court decisions is made regarding slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States.
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The bloodiest conflict in American history takes place.
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This official freed all the slaves in the U.S.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated at an orbs by John Wilkes Booth.
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These laws increased the freedoms and rights of African Americans.