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Columbus arrives in America
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The first slaves were sent over from Africa and sold into slavery
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The colony arrived in 1587 and disappeared without a trace
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Anthony Johnson was the first black to own slaves and to become one of the most wealthy people in all of Virginia
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The first successful establishment in the Americas
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The mayflower compact was an agreement from Britain allowing the new colonies to set up their own government
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The thriving colony of Pennsylvania was established
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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts
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Great awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America
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A picture of a snake divided into 12 parts saying join or die
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A war that lasted 7 years was a series of battles between France and Indians and the British
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A tax on all important documents
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Andrew Jackson is President
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A riot by the Americans and turned ugly when redcoats shot at them
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When patriots dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the harbor
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A meeting to discuss how the states could avoid war and still solve their problems
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A meeting to discus how to start a war and declare independence
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An attempt to seize American arms and the first show of resistance
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Britain surrenders Revolutionary War
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The first form of government of the US
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A rebellion of farmers from Massachusetts against the constitution
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The meeting to revise the articles of confederation
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The constitution was ratified
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George Washington becomes First President
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An address that he gave while in office
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restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press
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Thomas Jefferson elected president
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The purchase of the territory of Louisiana
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The expedition of the territory they bought from France
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doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs
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conflict fought between the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain
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an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
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Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker.
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five separate bills passed by the United States Congress that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War
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The act required that slaves be returned to their owners
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published
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was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory
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having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an slaved person To his freedom
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Abraham Lincoln Elected President
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A civil war fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded from the Union
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Declared that all slaves are now free
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Lincoln was Assassinated
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The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves
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I was born
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First time playing soccer
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I visited California and had lots of fun by the falls
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I go to Boston to visit my cousins
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Owen starts middle school
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I went to Florida
