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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
JAQUES cariteir of France explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River
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Captain Jhon Smith founds the English Coloney of James town
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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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Clonists declare their independence from England with the Declaration Of Independence
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Louisina purchase Treaty signed with France
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War of 1812 between United States and Great Britain
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Orgean Treaty signed and the boundry between Canada And the United States is established at the 49th parallel (line of lattitude)
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Cival 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 the Yukon's Klondike
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United States enters WWI fighting with the British and the French
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Great Depression begins in the U.S.
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Japan attacks U.S. at Pearl Habor , U.S. enters WWII with the Allies
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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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United States sign a Free Trade Agreement NAFTA is signed between Canada, the UNited States, and Mexico
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Persian Gulf war
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Occupation of Iraq by the United SAtes
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Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon