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First lasting contact with America. Started major exploration of the world.
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Began with the battle of Lexington and Concord. France Spain and the Dutch sided with us.
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told that America was now their own colonies. listed problems with Great Brittain.
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Continental congress produces the first flag
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farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes
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12 delegates meet in phil. to draft the Constitution.
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George Washington is elected as the first president of America.
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U.S. Constitution goes into effect, having been ratified by nine states
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cost 15 million USD. covered land from Louisiana to Idaho.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president.
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war between the union states and confederate slave states. 750000 soldiers dead. deadliest war in american history.
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Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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Alexander Graham bell creates Telephone. Was meant to upgrade the telegram.
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Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
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Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight
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U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany
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League of Nations meets for the first time
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Treaty of Versailles, outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, is rejected by the Senate.
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Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression.
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World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict.
