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the pilgrams arrive
the pilgrams arrive at plymoth rock -
the mayflower compact
the mayflower compact was founded -
the sugar act
taxed sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico. -
the boston massacre
only five died but it was considered a massacre -
the boston tea party
a group of colonists boarded a taxed tea ship and threw the tea into the water -
the revolutionary war started
the start of the revolutionary war -
the decleration of independance
the decleration of independance was signed -
the battle of saratoga
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the revolutionionary war ends
the war ends -
the treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, and by the King of Great Britain on April 9, 1784 (the ratification documents were exchanged in Paris on May 12, 1784), -
the louisiana purchase
america purchased louisiana -
war of 1812
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the monroe doctrine
the document that was to stop the european countries from invading america -
the nullification crisis
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the annexation of texas
texas was added to america -
the comprimise of 1850
texas was given ten thousand dollars to pay off its debt to mexico. -
civil war starts
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the emancipation proclamation
the freedom of slaves -
the civil war ends
