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Started sailing for spain in 1492 but ended up in america .October 12, 1492 is the day that he landed in America. picture by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
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1st English person to set put on america sence the Vikings. 1497 is the year that he came to america. picture by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JohnCabotPainting.jpg
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he left on may 10th 1534 for his 1st trip. picture by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier
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Sir Walter Raleigh sent some people to land in America to see what to do with it. His colony is called "The Lost Colony, " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony
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John Smith setter in Jamestown on May,14 1607. John Smith was an Admiral of New England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_%28explorer%29
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1619 - Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves imported
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1620 - Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact
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It is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Latin_School
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1636 - First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north American
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1689 - English Bill of Rights
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1763 - Proclamation of 1763 by King George III
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1765 -1766 - Stamp Act
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1776 - Declaration of Independence
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Santa Claus, or Santa, is a figure in the culture of North America, The United Kingdom, Ireland,Australia, New Zealand and more who reflects an amalgamation of the Dutch Sinterklaas,[1] the English Father Christmas, and Christmas gift-bringers in other traditions.
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April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
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1777 - Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves.
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1781 - 1787 Articles of Confederation
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1787 - Constitution
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Delaware Dec. 7, 1787
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Pennsylvania Dec. 12, 1787
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New Jersey Dec. 18, 1787
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Georgia Jan. 2, 1788
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Connecticut Jan. 9, 1788
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Massachusetts Feb. 6, 1788
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Maryland Apr. 28, 1788
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South Carolina May 23, 1788
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New Hampshire June 21, 1788
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Virginia June 25, 1788
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New York July 26, 1788
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North Carolina Nov. 21, 1789
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4 million people lived in America
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Rhode Island May 29, 1790
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1791 - Bill of Rights
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Vermont Mar. 4, 1791
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Kentucky June 1, 1792
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A cotton gin (short for cotton engine[2]) is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Gin
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A lightning rod (US, AUS) or lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod or conductor mounted on top of a building and electrically connected to the ground through a wire, to protect the building in the event of lightning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Rod
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1795 - 11th Amendment
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American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theoristhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams
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5.3 million people lived in America
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was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson
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1804 - 12th Amendment
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was an American statesman and political theorist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison
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7.2 million people lived in America
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June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
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9.6 million people lived in America
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developed in 1829 in Bound Brook, New Jersey, by Presbyterian minister Rev. Sylvester Graham.
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12.8 million people lived in America
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1831- Indian Removal Act (1838 Trail of Tears)
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1833 - Oberlin College - First college to accept Women
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October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
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1837 - U of M- 1817 - Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837
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Vulcanization or vulcanisation is a chemical process for converting rubber or related polymers into more durable materials via the addition of sulfur or other equivalent "curatives
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond.
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April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American_War
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A doughnut or donut ( /ˈdoʊnət/ or /ˈdoʊnʌt/) is a fried dough food and is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet
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1850 - 23 million
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On 30 March 1858, Hymen Lipman received the first patent for attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil#Eraser_attached
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1860 - 31.4 million
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A repeating rifle is a single barreled rifle containing multiple rounds of ammunition
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April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 (last shot fired June 22, 1865) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
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It wasn't until July 5, 1905 that the mentioning of jelly beans was published in the Chicago Daily News
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A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute.
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Ferdinand Schumacher, president of the American Cereal Company, created a cereal made from oats; manufacturing took place in Akron, Ohio
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1865 - 13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery
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1868 - 14th Amendment
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American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football,
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1870 - 38.6 million
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1870 - 15th Amendment
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1870 - African Americans’ Right to Vote
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Some of the earliest American blue jeans were made by Jacob Davis, Calvin Rogers, and Levi Strauss in 1873
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Toilet paper is a soft paper product (tissue paper) used to maintain personal hygiene after human defecation or urination
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The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe makes light by heating a metal filament wire to a high temperature until it glows
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1880 - 50.1 million
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Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries
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Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs,
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1890 - 62.9 million
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Central Michigan University (also known as CMU) is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan
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In 1893, in St. Louis, Missouri, Nikola Tesla made devices for his experiments with electricity
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In 1906, Will Keith Kellogg, who served as the business manager of the sanitarium, decided to try to mass-market the new food
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Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.[1]
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Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries,
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1900 - 76.2 million
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An assembly line is a manufacturing process (sometimes called progressive assembly)
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It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory.
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The name Teddy Bear comes from former United States President Theodore Roosevelt, whose nickname was "Teddy".
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He staged an employee contest to come up with a new ice cream dish. When none of his workers were up to the task, he split a banana lengthwise, threw it into an elongated dish and created his own dessert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Split
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1910 - 92.2 million
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1913 - 16th Amendment (Income Tax)
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1913 - 17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote)
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28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_1
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Stop signs originated in Michigan in 1915.[19] The first ones had black letters on a white background and were 24 by 24 inches (61 × 61 cm)
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1919 - 18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol)
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1920 - 106 million
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1920 - 19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote
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Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen
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In 1927, Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices,[12] which he first demonstrated to the press on 1 September 1928
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Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio.[4] Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves
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In 1928, Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, was experimenting with new gum recipes. One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum, and stretched more easily.
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1930 - 123 million
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Invented in 1931, the electric guitar became a necessity as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound. Since then, the electric guitar has undeniably become one of the most important instruments in popular music around the world.
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1933 - 21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment.
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1933 - 21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment.
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1933 - 20th Amendment - Jan. 20 inauguration.
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Soft serve is generally lower in milk-fat (3% to 6%) than ice cream (10% to 18%) and is produced at a temperature of about −4 °C compared to ice cream, which is stored at −15 °C.
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1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_2
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1940 - 132 million
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Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property,
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Video games typically use additional means of providing interactivity and information to the player.
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1950 - 151 million
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25 June 1950 – present
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1951 - 22nd Amendment - 2 term limit for President.
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A videotape is a recording of images and sounds on to magnetic tape as opposed to film stock or random access digital media
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1960 - 179.3 million
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1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 (19 years, 180 days)
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1961 - 23rd Amendment - Wash. D.C. representation
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1964 - 24th Amendment - poll taxes illegal
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The first story is that Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar by Teressa Bellissimo, who owned the bar along with her husband Frank. Upon the unannounced, late-night arrival of their son, Dominic, with several of his friends from college
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A minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a class of multi-user computers that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems (mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user systems (microcomputers or personal computers
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The Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage
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1967 - 25th Amendment - presidential succession
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1970 - 203 million
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In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface
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1971 - 26th Amendment - 18 as voting age
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Electronic mail, commonly called email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the same time, in common with instant messaging
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A mobile phone (also known as cellular phones, cell phones and hand phones) allows calls into the public switched telephone system over a radio link
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1980 - 226.5 million
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A laptop, also called a notebook,[1][2] is a personal computer for mobile use.[3][4][5] A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device
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The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES or simply called Nintendo
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1990 - 248.7 million
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2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991
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1992 - 27th Amendment - Congress salary changes take place in next term.
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2000 - 281.4 million
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March 19, 2003 – May 1, 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iraq
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iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple announced on October 23, 2001, and released on November 10, 2001
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2010 - 308.7 million
