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1492
Christopher Columbus
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1519
Hernando Cortez
Set Sail -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
Set Sail -
1539
Hernan de Soto
Set Sail -
1565
Spain
Viceroys - governors who ruled in the name of the Crown – initially Cortez -
England
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
Virginia Dare -
Jamestown, Virginia
Founded -
France
Samuel de Champlain
Dutch West India Company -
Dutch Republic
Peter Minuit -
Pequot War
Pequot Indians in Connecticut resisted white settlement
In 1637, Pequot were virtually wiped out by the English -
King Phillip's War
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Proclamation of 1763
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Boston Massacre
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Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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Treaty of Paris
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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The United States Constitution
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Jay's Treaty
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Pinckney's Treaty- Spain- 1795
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Election of 1796
Thomas Jefferson vs. John Adams -
Convention of 1800
meetings between United States and France over the Quasi Wars -
The Duel
Burr vs. Hamilton -
Embargo Act of 1807
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War
Different battles -
Election of 1812
James Madison reelected -
Missouri Compromise
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Gibbons vs. Ogden
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Erie Canal
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Tariff of Abominations
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Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson elected -
Indian Removal Act
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Worcester vs. Georgia
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Trail of Tears
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Election 1836
Martin Van Buren elected -
The National Road
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
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Mexican War
1846-1848 -
Mexican Cession
Mexico gave up New Mexico and California territories to the United States in exchange for payment. -
California Gold Rush
Gold discovered -
Gadsden Purchase
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Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln elected -
Fort Sumter- First Shots Fired
Civil War begins -
First Battle of Bull Run
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Homestead Act
Anyone who would agree to cultivate 160 acres of land for 5 years would receive title to that land from the federal government. -
Antietam
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Vicksburg
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Appomattox End of the War
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Civil Rights Act
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Compromise of 1877
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