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Columbus finds America, being off coarse
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John Cabot claims North America for England
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Ponce de Leon lands in what is now Florida to attempt to settle it. He is wounded in a fight there, and dies in Cuba
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Virginia Dare is born, first born in the new country
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Pilgrims arrive in new world, being off course. Mayflower compact is signed, initiating type of "government."
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The French and Indian War begins. The War will end in 1763. Benjamin Franklin proposes a "Plan of the Union," to join all colonies other than Georgia under a president.
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The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War
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The Sugar Act is passed in England.
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The Stamp Act is passed.
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The Stamp Act is repealed, but a Declaratory Act, making colonists subject to laws passed by the English Parliament, is passed.
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The Boston Tea Party takes place, a reaction against an English effort to allow the British East India Company to monopolize the tea market in the colonies.
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The Revolutionary War, the American War of Independence
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George Washington becomes the first President of the United States.
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The United States declares war on Great Britain, despite British efforts to defuse trade disagreements.
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British exact their revenge in the War of 1812, burning the White House.
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The Mexican-American War begins in May. It lasts for a year, when fighting ends. The resulting Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb. 2, 1848) annexes to the United States from Mexico parts New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The countries agree that the boundary between Texas and Mexico is the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte).
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Gold is found in California
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One month after Lincoln is sworn in as President, the first shot is fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.
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Wright brothers fly a plane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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WWl begins
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In October, the stock market crashes, and the Great Depression begins.
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1939-World War II begins when Germany invades Poland, and pursuant to an agreement, Great Britain defends Poland and declares war against Germany
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On December 7, the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The next day, the United States declares war against Japan.
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D-Day, the invasion of the French beaches of Normandy, takes place on June 6.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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The Cold War between erstwhile allies, the United States and the Soviet Union, begins
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Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald (alone).
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First African-American President in the USA
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Worst school shooting
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Ravens win the superbowl
