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Jamestown establishes trade with Native Americans
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Fur Trade with the Dutch
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Colonies Issue Paper Money
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South Sea Bubble Burst
Ecconomic crisis -
Plantation Economy
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Boston Tea Party
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American Revolution
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Establishment of the Bank of North America
set up to help fund the american revolution by Robert Morris using a loan from the french -
Creation of the First Bank of the U.S.
the charter lasted until 1811 -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney applies for a pattent for the Cotton Gin -
Establishment of the U.S. Patent Office
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Louisiana Purchase
Doubled the size of the United States -
Period: to
War of 1812
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Creation of the Second Bank of the U.S.
created as a result of the War of 1812. 20 year charter -
Panic of 1819
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Erie Canal
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First state childlabor reform act passed
passed in massachusetts -
First state child labor law passed
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Panic of 1837
halted economic growth for three years -
Railroad built connecting Atlantic to Pacific
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The gilded age
time of rapid economic development after the civil war -
Morrill Tarriff
Pretective tarriff during war time -
The Civil War
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Homestead Act
Set up program for newly freed slaves and others to obtail land -
Establishment of the Knights of Labor
First Union -
Sherman Anti-trust Act
broke up monopolies -
Publication of Upton Sinclair's the Jungle
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First Workman compensation law passed In NY
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Standard Oil Dissolved
Due to the Sherman Anti trust act -
Passage of the Sixteenth Amendment
Income Tax -
Assembly Line
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World War One
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Passage of the Eighteenth Amendment
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Stock Market Crash
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Period: to
The New Deal
Created many new programs and jobs after the great depression -
Fair Labor Standards Act
“put a ceiling over hours and a floor under wages” -
Passage of the GI bill
assisted with verterans attending college -
Chartering of the United Nations
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Passage of the Social Security Amendments
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OPEC Oil Crisis
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Energy Crisis
Oil and Energy crisis -
Tax Reform Act
Reagan Tax cuts -
Dot Com Boom
internet boom -
Family and medical leave act
Set up laws surrounding maternity leave -
North American Free Trade Agreement
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Terrorist Attacks
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Screen Actors Guild Writers Strike
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Financial Crisis
housing buble burst -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
In response to the 2008 financial crisis
