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1400
Prehistory
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1492
Columbus reaches the Bahamas
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Jamestown
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Plymouth
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Stamp Tax
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King Phillip's War
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea Party
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1st Continental Congress
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independence
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United States Constitution signed
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Missouri Compromise
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Trail of Tears
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Mexican War
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The Gold Rush Begins
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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American Civil War
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Homesteading the plains
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Reconstruction
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Cattle drives in Great Plains
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Alaska purchased
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First transcontinental railroad
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Suez Canal opens
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Plains Wars
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Jim Crow Laws Created
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U.S gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific Islands
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Hawaii becomes U.S. possession
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Spanish-American War
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United States has become a world power
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U.S takes over Panama Canal construction
