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The viking Leif Ericson visited North America in about 1000 AD and named the area Vinland
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While rying to discover a new route to india Christpher Columbus lands on the island of San Salvador, discovering the "New World" for Spain
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The english make their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia
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Europeans brought African Americans to work as slaves laborers on cotton and tobacco plantations in the south.
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War between england and france called the french and indian war begins in america, french are defeated and lose their land in canada and american midwest
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the new constitution is approved by the states george washington is chosen as first presient.
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Cotton gin is invented by eli whitney it made cotton production quicker and more efficent. more slaves were needed to keep up with increased population
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Nation's Capitol moved to Washington, D.C.
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The U.S. makes the Louisiana Purchase from France The puchase doubled the area of the U.S.
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Erie Canal opens linking New York with the great lakes
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The discovery of gold in california leads to a rush of 80,000 people to the west in search of gold
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president
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The civil war begins
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President loncoln issues the Emancipation Proclimation freeing nost slaves
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The civil war ends
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The U.S. begins to dig the panama canal
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The U.S. joins Woarld War I on the side of the Allies against germany
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Panama Canal opens connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
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Woarld War I ends Allies defeat germany
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the stock market crash led to the great depression. As many as 25 percent of all workers could not find jobs.
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The U.S, sends large numbers of soldiers to the Vietnam War
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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After an impeachment trial, the Senate finds President Clinton not guilty.
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Hijacked jets crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, on September 11, killing about 3,000 people.
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U.S.- led forces invade Iraq and remove its government.
