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1400
Spanish interested in finding a trade route
Spanish start looking for ways to find a trade route with India -
1492
Columbus Sets sail
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Spanish conquer the Aztecs
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan
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1540
Coronado Expedition
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Jamestown Settlement
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The Dutch arrive and Settle
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Pilgrims Arrive
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Puritans Arrive
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French Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
British Defeat the French
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
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First Continental Congress Meets
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Revolutionary War
*The war between the colonies and Britain.
*Battle of Lexington- April 19, 1775
*Battle of Concord- April 19, 1775, the British retreat
*Lake Champlain Ft. Ticonderoga- 1775 Americans seize the fort
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Second Continental Congress Meets
The second Continental Congress takes place. They established a Continental army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, but the delegates also drafted the Olive Branch Petition and sent it to King George III in hopes of reaching a peaceful resolution. The king refused to hear the petition and declared the American colonies in revolt. -
Independence is declared from Britian
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown is fought and the Americans led by Washington defeat the British led by General Cornwallis -
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War of 1812
was a conflict fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against Great Britain and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the US declared war on 18 June 1812 and although peace terms were agreed in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, did not officially end until ratified by Congress on 17 February 1815. -
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American Civil War
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World War I
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World War II
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Pearl Harbor Attacked
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor -
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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September 11, 2001
The world trade center was attacked by hijacked planes.