American History

  • 1400

    Prehistory

  • 1492

    Columbus reaches the Bahamas

  • Jamestown

  • Plymouth

  • Stamp Tax

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    King Phillip's War

  • Boston Tea Party and Massacre

  • 1st Continental Congress

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

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    Revolutionary War

  • Declaration of Independence

  • US Constitution signed

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Gold Rush Begins

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    Trail of Tears

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

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    Mexican War

  • Gold Rush begins

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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

  • First Transcontinental railroad

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    Plain Wars

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    Jim Crow Laws created