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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus lands in Bahamas
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England defeats the Spanish Armada
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Virginia Colony founded in Jamestown
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First Anglo-Powhatan WAr
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Virginia House of Burgesses Established
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First Africans arrive in Virginia
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Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
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Population of English colonies in America about 2,000
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Virginia becomes a royal colony
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Puritains found Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Roger Williams founds Rhode Island Colony
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Conneticut and New Haven colonys founded
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New England Confederation formed
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First Navigation Laws control commerce
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Carolina Colony created
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King Philip's War
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William Penn Founds Pennsylvania colony
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Salem Witch Trials
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Population of English Colonies about 250,000
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New York City Slave Revolt
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French found New Orleans
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Georgia Colony Created
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Jonathan Edwards begins the Great Awakening
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South Carolina Slave Revolt
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Seven Years War Begins
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Seven Years War ends
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Declaratory Act
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Townsend Acts
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British Troops occupy Boston
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress
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First Continental Congress Calls for abolition of slavery
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Battlle of Bunker Hill
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Paine's Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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Formation of the French-American Alliance
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Articles of Confederation put into effect
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Treaty of Paris after the Revolutionary War
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Land Ordinance
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Shays Rebellion
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Consitutional Convention in Philidelphia
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Consitution put into effect
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Washington Becomes president
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Bill of Rights adopted
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Federalist and Democratic-Republian parties formed
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Jefferson becomes president
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Second Great Awakening
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Naval War in Tripoli
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Lewis and Clark expedition completed
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Robert Fulton's steamboat
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Madison elected President
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Congress outlaws slave trade
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US declares war on Britain War of 1812
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Monroe Elected president
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Panic of 1819
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Missouri Compromise
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Secretary Adams proposes Monroe Doctrine
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Mexico opens Texas to American settlers
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Erie Canal completed
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House elects John Quincy Adams as president
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Tarif of Abominations
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Jackson elected president
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Indian Removal Act
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South Carolina nullification crisis
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Texas wins independence from Mexico
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Van Buren elected president
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Harrison elected president
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AntiSlavery Liberty Party organized
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Polk becomes president
Manifest Destiny -
United States Annexes Texas
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Free Soil Party created
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Mexican War
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California Gold Rush
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Compromise of 1850 including Fugitive Slave Law
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Cumberland Road completed
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Republican Party formed
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Civil War begins
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Transcontinental railroad authorized
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Homestead Act
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Gettysburg
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Freedman's Bureau established
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Southern States pass Black Codes
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National Labor Union organized
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Reconstruction Act
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Grant becomes presdident
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Standard Oil Company organized
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Panic of 1873
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Bell invents the telephone
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Reconstruction Ends
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Edison invents the lightbulb
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Garfield becomes President
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Garfield assassinated
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First immigration laws passed
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Brooklyn Bridge Completed
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Clebeland becomes president
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Statue of Liberty built
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Harrison beats Cleveland for president
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McKinley Tariff Act
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Sherman AntiTrust Act
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Depression of 1893
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Coxey's Army marches on washington
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Cubans revolt against Spain
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Plessy vs Ferguson legislation "seperate but equal"
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Hawaii Annexed
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Spanish American War
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First American Open Door note
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Gold Standard Act
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McKinley assassinated and Roosevelt becomes president
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US marines occupy Cuba
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NAACP founded
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Construction of the Panama Canal completed
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Puerto Ricans granted US citizenship
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Indian Reorganization Act
