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Period: Sep 17, 1200 to Sep 17, 1500
Native Americans Populate the Land
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Sep 1, 1500
Native Americans Populate the Land
Native Americans hunt and farm. -
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How Europeans came to America
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Sep 17, 1550
How Europeans came to America
Christopher Columbus came to America and he claimed the land for himself. The Europeans came after and traded with the Native Americans, but the Europeans brought an illness called Smallpox. -
Declaration of Independence
Leaders of different colonies signed the Declaration of Independence in the year 1776. -
American Revolutionary War
The British were against the Americans and General George Washington, and in 1783 the Americans got their victory, and a new nation was born. -
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Lewis and Clark Expeition
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark met Sacajawea, a Native American, who was a valuable guide for them. -
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War of 1812
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War of 1812
The United States declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain. During the war, the U. S. Capitol was burned by the British. The war ended reuniting the land again. -
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Americans Moving West
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Civil War
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Civil War
The Civil War went on from 1861 to 1865, then finally the North won the war over the South in 1865. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Now people can travel faster East and West and do not have to wait six months to complete the journey, but now complete the journey in a week. -
Americans Moving West
The United States government were forcing the Native American Indians onto reservations, while the American settlers were free to settle on the land the Indians lived on. -
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World War I
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World War I
The Americans tried to stay out of World War I, but they were forced to enter the war after Germany sank the Lusitania ,an ocean liner. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a bad time for people back then because people were losing there jobs, houses, and there money, and it effected many people. The day it happened is known as Black Tuesday. -
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The Great Depression
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World War II
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World War II
Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. The USA joined World War II against Japan on December 8, 1941. -
Cold War Conflicts
The people fighting, the United Staes and the Soviet Union, did not use atomic bombs, and the war lasted 42 years. -
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Cold War conflicts
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Technology Takes Off
Four million families bought a television, then 10 years later 50 million people had bought a televion, and in 1969 man landed on the moon. -
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Technology Takes Off
