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Martin Luther launches the Protestant Reformation in Europe, bringing an end to the sole authority of the Catholic Church, resulting in the growth of numerous Protestant religious sects
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Hernando de Soto of Spain discovers the Mississippi River and tobacco introduced in Europe (native’s revenge)
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Spanish found St. Augustine, Florida.
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English found Jamestown, Virginia
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The first colonial printing press is set up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Navigation Act of 1663 requires that most imports to the colonies must be transported via England on English ships.
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James Wooldridge painted "Indians of Virginia".
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Pennsylvania is founded as William Penn, a Quaker, receives a Royal charter with a large land grant from King Charles II.
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Queen Anne's War ends with the Treaty of Utrecht.
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The Stamp Act was passed; first British tax on colonists.
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Four workers were shot by British troops in Boston.
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Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest against the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
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The American Revolution, the American War of Independence, led by George Washington was fought between Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.
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Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain
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The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
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The War of 1812 started.
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Mexico becomes a republic – outlaws slavery
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War with Mexico
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Albert Bierstadt painted "Indians Fishing".
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George de Forest Brush painted "The Indian and the Lily"
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Fredrick Jackson Turner wrote " The Significance of the Frontier in American History", which is one of the most influential essays written in America.