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Columbus discovered America.
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On 14 May 1607, the first English colony of America was settled in Jamestown, Virginia.
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The French and Indian War was located in North America. The war was between the British American and French forces. This war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris and ultimately caused the Revolutionary War.
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The French and Indian War was located in North America. The war was between the British American and French forces. This war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris and was noted to ultimately have caused the Revolutionary War.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest of british Parliament's tax on tea in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War between the British and the American colonies.
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Also called the siege of Yorktown, this was when the British Forces were captured.
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To discuss the weak government, people met in Philadelphia.
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Though Eli Whitney applied for cotton gin in 1793, this patent was not validated until 1807.
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Through this act, Adams was given the power to define treasonable acts.
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This purchase was of the Louisiana territory by the U.S. from France, starting in 1801 and ending in 1803.
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This war was a conflict between the U.S., U.N., and allies.
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A painting that finalized the act of the colonists' motivations for independence of the British.
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The Missouri Compromise was a bill that granted Missouri to be a slave state.
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The presidential election of Andrew Jackson.
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A financial crisis in the United States.
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The Cherokee people had to give up their lands and travel to now-Oklahoma, with devastating effects.
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Signaling systems were created to communicate over a distance.
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A war between the United States of America and the United Mexican States.
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The first telephone was created.
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A series of resolutions to stop the tension between the North and South.
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A battle between the Confederate States Army and the United States Army that started the American Civil War.
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A presidential proclamation that decreed all slaves free.
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An oil company formed by Rockefeller.
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One of the last battles of the American Civil War.
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The day Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
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President Andrew Johnson was removed from presidency.
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The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all who are born in the United States.
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The 15th Amendment gives African American men the right to vote.
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The light bulb was created.
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The Homestead Strike was a rebellion of Industrial workers.
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The Pullman Strike was a Railroad strike for US labor law.
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A war between the United Stated and Spain
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The day Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after his successor was assassinated.
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The first airplane was flown.