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1620

The Mayflower brings the first Puritans to New England

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1638

Harvard University is founded.

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1692

Salem Witch Trials

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1706

Birth of Ben Franklin

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1732

Birth of George Washington

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1775

The American Revolution Begins

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1776

Declaration of Independence

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1783

Revolutionary War ENDS
1861

Civil War Begins
1865

Civil War Ends
1888

The Children's Blizzard of 1888
1908

First Car Was Invented
1948

Pooler Elementary School Founded
1959

Alaska & Hawaii were the last states admitted to the U.S.
2011

You were born!

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2021

You are a 5th Grader!