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Roanoke is established and then disappears mysteriously.
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Anthony Johnson is born Portugal and lives his life in Virginia.
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The settlement of Jamestown is founded.
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Slave are first brought over from Africa and sold to the English colonies.
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The settlement of Plymouth is established by the pope le on the Mayflower.
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The Pennsylvania Colony is founded.
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Women are accused in Salem, Massachusetts of being Witches and are executed.
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The First Great Awakening happens in the colonies.
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The Albany plan is one of the first official documents to start the uniting of the colonies.
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The 7 year war between the French and the Indians begins in 1754.
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The Stamp Act starts a tax on the legal recognition of documents.
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British soldiers shoot and kill several people in a mod that was angry with them.
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People toss boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of taxes.
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The first continental congress takes place.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord kick off the Revolutionary war.
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The second continental congress takes place and votes for independence.
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The Articles of Confederation are written.
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The colonist beat Britain, allowing for independence.
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Shays’ Rebellion takes place in Massachusetts.
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The greatest political document ever written, the constitution, is written.
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The greatest political document ever written, the constitution, is ratified.
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George Washington becomes the first president of the United States and serves for 8 years.
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George Washington gives his farewell address.
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The Alien & Sedition Acts are passed as a war with France is thought possible.
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Thomas Jefferson becomes America’s third President.
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The US buys a huge chunk of land for $15 million dollars.
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Lewis and Clark embark on their famous expedition exploring more of the west.
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The War of 1812 begins and lasts three years.
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The Missouri Compromise makes Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state.
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Andrew Jackson is elected in 1829, serving until 1837.
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Former Slave, Fredrick Douglass, joins and plays a big role in the abolitionist movement.
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The Fugitive Slave Act is passed, forcing slaves to return to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
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The Compromise of 1850 starts and passes 5 bills until 1855.
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The well known novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
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A small war breaks out on whether or not the newly proposed state, Kansas, should be a slave state or not.
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Dred Scott fights the Supreme Court over his freedoms.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as the first Republican President of the United States.
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The bloodiest war in American History starts.
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The Emancipation Proclamation is passed, freeing the slaves.
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President Lincoln is assassinated.
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The 13-15th amendment outlawing slavery.
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America tells the world they would not tolerate any more colonies or puppet monarchs.
