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Oct 24, 1497
Italian born John Cabot claims North America from England
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Oct 24, 1534
Jaques Carter of France explores the Great Lakes and the St.Lawrence River
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Captain John Smith founds the English colony 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 declaretheir independence from Englandwith theDeclaration of Independence
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Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed with France
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War of 1812 between United States and Great Britain
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Oregon Treaty signed and the boundary between Canada andthe United States is established at the 49th parallel(lines of latitude)
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Civil War begins
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Civil War ends
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Alaska is puchased from Russia
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Gold is discovered in the Yukon's Klondike
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United States enters WWI fighting with the British and French
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Great Depression begins in the U.S
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Japan attacks U.S at the Pearl Harbor, U.S. enters WWII with the Allies
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U.S drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagaski
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Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon
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United States 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 United States, and Mexico
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Occupation of Iraq by the United States