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The United States Army is established.
The Continental Army was created on 14 June 1775 by the Second Continental Congress as a unified army for the colonies to fight Great Britain, with George Washington appointed as its commander. -
The United States Marine Corps is established
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Declaration of Independence
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The Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation
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French join the war against the British
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the treaty of paris
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The delegates at the Philadelphia convention approve the Constitution
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The Bill of Rights is ratified by 3/4ths of the states
vratified on November 3, 1791 and Virginia was the final state to ratify on December 15, 1791. Massachusetts, Georgia, and Connecticut ratified in 1939 on the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights by the First Congress. -
George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States
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Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803 -
slave trade ended
the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act entered the statute books. Nevertheless, -
war with england
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory -
Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing the Texian and immigrant occupiers -
texas revolution
The Texas Revolution was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico -
Telegraph
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gold rush
The California Gold Rush was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848 -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln effective January 1, 1863. -
civil war
fought between the northern United States and the southern United States -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans -
Reconstruction
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The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.
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The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.
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Spanish American War
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The Panama Canal opens for business.
the Panama Canal opened for business, with the passage through of the Ancon, an American cargo-passenger ship. The Canal was built primarily to make a faster way to the West Coast for American settlers in the 19th Century. -
world war 1
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 -
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
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Nineteenth Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
First radio broadcast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Charles Lindbergh
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black tuesday
the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash that occurred in 1929. -
pear harbor
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DDay
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.