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1494
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the trade of plants, animals, diseases between the Americas and Europe in 15th and 16th centuries. Raw materials would go to Europe to produce finished goods. -
Period: 1494 to
US Time Line
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Jamestown Established
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King Philip's War
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Salem Witch Trials
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Start of the French and Indian War
One of the main factors for the cause of the American Revolution. It increased taxes on the colonies by Britain in order to pay debts from the war -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Declaration of Independence Ratified
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Constitutional Convention
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George Washington becomes President
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President Thomas Jefferson acquires the Louisiana Purchase
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Missouri Compromise Passed
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Kansas-Nebraska Act Passed
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Start of the American Civil War
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Sherman's March to the Sea
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13th Amendment added
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President Lincoln Assassinated
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14th Amendment Added
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Completion of the Continental Railroad
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Sherman Anti Trust Act
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Chinese Exclusion Act passed
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Spanish American War
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Start of WWI
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18th Amendment goes into Effect
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Start of WWII
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Brown V. Board of Education
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Spudnik 1 Launched
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JFK is Assassinated by Osvold
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Cilvil Rights Act of 1964 is passed
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Voting Rights Acts of 1965
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MLK Assassinated
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President Obama is Elected into Office
First African American president elected in United States history
