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Christopher Columbus came to the New World in 1492 under orders from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain in hopes of discovering a new route to Asia.
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Protestant Reformation, the religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century. Its greatest leaders undoubtedly were Martin Luther Britannica.com
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Henry II was fatally injured by the Count of Montgomery during a jousting tournament. He died on July 10th, 1559
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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.
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Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions. Patrick Henry, at a meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses, proposed seven resolutions against the Stamp Act. The first four resolutions were adopted and passed by the House of Burgesses
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The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands.
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Baseball was invented in the summer of 1839
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On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
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Rutgers and New Jersey (later known as Princeton) faced off in what is considered to be the first American football game ever played on Nov. 6, 1869. The game took place in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with an audience of about 100
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The 15 amendment was passed February 26,1869 but was not ratified until February 3, 1817. It Gave newly Freed slaves the right to vote and participate in the Government
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On October 1, 1908, the first production Model T Ford is completed at the company's Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars.
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Chicago Cubs defeat Detroit Tigers to win the 1908 World Series by 4 games to 1
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After England intercepted the Zimmerman telegram the U.S.A. joined WW1 and fought on the side of the Allies with France, England, Italy and Japan against the Central powers of German Austria Hungry and Ottoman Empire.
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Two years after the U.S. joins WW1 the Black sox scandal occurred. In which half of the white sox team including Shoe less Joe Jackson was paid to throw the 1919 World series to the Cincinnati Reds.
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On April 20,1945 The Cleveland Browns are created and will go on to be one of the worst NFL franchises of all time. They are 1 of only 13 teams to never win a Super Bowl.
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VE Day is the date German finally surrendered once the allies had sandwiched the Germans in Berlin between U.S. , France, England and Russia.
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From the years 1950-1960 The New York yankees built a dynasty winning the World series 6 out of those 10 years. Many of the notable players include Hall of famers: Mickey Mantle, Joe Dimaggio, Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize.
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The U.S. started a foreign policy campaign of containment, in which they would try to stop or slow down the spread of communism to other countries after WW2. When North Korea invaded South Korea to unite the peninsula under a single communist dictatorship the U.S. quickly got involved.
