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Granted rights to both Nobles and Freemen.
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Roanoke was the first attempted colony in America. It is known as the "Lost Colony".
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John Smith and 105 cavaliers in 3 ships landed on Virginia coast,started first permanent English settlement in New Wolrd at Jamestown.
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First representative assembly.
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signed Nov. 11,was agreement to form a self-government.
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Roger Williams founded Providence,Rhode Island.
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British Parliament passed Navigation Act.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania.
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Wichcraft Delusion at Salem,alleged witches executed by special Court.
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Religious Revival.
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He published the first Poor Richard's Almanac.
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Zenger Trial
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French and Indian war began.
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placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and rum in colonies
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enacted by parliament
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Provided food to the british soldiers.
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levied taxes on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea.
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British Troops fired Mar. 5 into Boston mob, killed 5 including Crispus Attucks
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to protest the tea tax.
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barred use of Boston Harbor rill tea was paid for.
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held in Philadelphia;called for civil disobediance against British
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addressed Virginia convention.
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First battle of the revolutionary war
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famous pro-independence pamphlet by Thomas Paine.
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approved on July 4
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turning point of the revolutionary war.
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adopted by Continental Congress
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defeated Serapis in British North sea waters
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Cornwallis retired to yorktown
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Britain,US signed Paris peace treaty on Sept, 3
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adopted by Continental Congress for Northwest Ordinance
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opened in Philadelphia
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George Washinton chosen president by all electors voting
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submitted to states.
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Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
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Washington's farewell address
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Louisiana purchase doubled the size of US.
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Robert Fulton made first practical steambot trip
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3 causes
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by Francis Scott Key
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passed by Congress
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opposing European intervention in the Americas.
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Cherokee Indians force to walk "Trails of Tears" from Georgia to OKlahoma
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invented
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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led Seneca Falls,NY,Women's Rights Convention
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Sen. Hnery Clay's Compromise of 1850 admitted California as 31st state.
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Author of the Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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decision by Supreme Court that slaves did not become free state,Congress could not bar slavery from a territory,and blacks could not be citizens.
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Abraham Lincoln was eected president.
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set up Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as president
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Civil War began as Confederates fired on Ft, Sumter.
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Seven southern states set up Confederate State of America.
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The bloddiest one-day battle of the war.
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freeing "all slaves in areas still in rebellion".
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Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered.
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
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13th Amendment, abolishing slavery,ratified.
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providing for citizenship of all persons born or naturalized in US.
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Making race no bar to voting rights
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
