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Oct 24, 1497
Italian born John Cabot claims North America for England
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Period: Oct 24, 1497 to
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Oct 24, 1534
Jacques Cartier of France explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawerence River
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Captain John Smith founds the English colomy of Jamestown
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Henry Hudson explores Northeastern North America including the Hudson River
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Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War
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Colonists declare their independence from England with the Declaration of Independence
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Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed with France.
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War of 1812 between United States and Great Britian
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Oregon Treaty signed and the boundary between Canada and the U.S is established at the 49th parellel
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Civil War begins
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Civil War ends
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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Gold is discovered in Yukon's Klondike
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United States enters WW1 fighting with the British and French
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Great Depression begins in the U.S
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Japan atttacks U.S at the Pearl Harbor, U.S enters WW2 with the Allies
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U.S drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon
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U.S sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada
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Persian Gulf War
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North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed between Canada, the U.S, and Mexico
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Occupation of Iraq by the U.S