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Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Massacare
British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others -
American Revolution
Gains Support From King Louis XVI of France -
United States Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is one of the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. -
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Native Americans
Many Native Americans side with British against American colonists. P -
Benjamin Franklin
Appointed American Representive in France -
American Victory
American victory at Yorktown terms discussed for the British Surrender -
Treaty of Paris
The Treay of Paris was Signed by the United States and Great Britain -
Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin invents bifocal glasses. -
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George Washington
Elected first president of the U.S. by the state electors -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was ratified by the needed 9 of 13 states -
Vermont and Kentucky
Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the US -
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John Adams
John Adams was elected second president of the U.S. An American Founding Father he was a statesman, diplomat, and a leader of American independence from Great Britain -
Liberty of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress -
Ohio
17th State Admittied in the U.S. -
Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explore the Louisiana Territory. Also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition -
War of 1812
Was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States and those of the British Empire -
Harvard
Harvard law School founded -
Texas War for Independece
Texas War for Independece begins -
Alamo
Battle Of The Alamo begins -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears Starts and Ends -
Mexican-American War
Mexican-American war starts and ends in 1848. E -
Gold
Gold gets discovered in China. -
Pony Express
Pony Express begins. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral crisis, the American Civil War -
Bull Run
1861 Was when the first battle of bull run was.
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Gettysburg
The Battle of gettysbuf was in 1863 -
Abraham Lincoln
Pres. Lincoln was assasinated. -
Civil War
US civil war ends... -
Ku Klux Klan
In 1866 the Ku Klux Klan was founded. -
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park was established.