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Jamestown is Established
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Hudson Explores Hudson River
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First Black Slaves Arrive in VA
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Mayflower
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Dutch West Indes settles in Manhattan
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MA Founded
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Maryland Founded
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First Navigation Act
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Connecticut Founded
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Halfway Covenant
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English Seize New Netherland
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First English settlers arrive in Carolina
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King Philip's War
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Pueblo Reolt
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William Penn granted Pennsylvania
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France Revokes the Edict of Nantes
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Glorious Revolution in England
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Plymouth Colony absorbed into MA
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Salem With Trials
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Treaty of Utrecht
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Junto Club founded by Ben Franklin
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Great Awakening
1730s -
Georgia Colony Founded
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Walking Purchase
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Stono Rebellion
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Ohio Company awarded from Virginia
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Albany Plan of Union drafted by Ben Franklin
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Period: to
The Seven Years War
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William Pitt sits as British prime minister
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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British Government Issues Proclamation of 1763
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Sons of Liberty organized
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Townshend Acts
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Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
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Continental Congress convenes
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense
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John Adams' Thoughts on Government
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Battle of Saratoga
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Articles of Confederation Drafted
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French Treaty of Amity and Commerce
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Rhode Island forms a black regiment
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Cornwallis surrenders
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Articles of Confederation Ratified
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Treaty of Paris
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Daniel Shay's Rebellion
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Northweat Ordinance of 1787
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Constitutional Convention Convenes
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First Quaker Community
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Constitution ratified
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GW Inauguration
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Naturalization Act
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Bill of Rights Ratified
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Haitian Revolution
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Washington's Neutrality Proclomation
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The Cotton Gin
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Inauguration of John Adams
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XYZ Affair
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Fries' Rebellion
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Gabriel's Rebellion
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Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
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Louisiana Purchase
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Congress approves funds for Cumberland Road
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Congress prohibits the slave trade
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Embargo Act
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Bank of the US Charter expires
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Period: to
War of 1812
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Hartford Convention
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Treaty of Ghent
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Second Bake of US is established
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Inauguration of James Monroe
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Transcontinental Treaty w/ Spain
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Missouri Compromise
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Monroe Doctrine
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Inauguration of JQA
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Erie Canal Opens
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Indian Removal Act
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Period: to
Nullification Crisis
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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The Liberator Debuts
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Depression Begins
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Inauguration of MVB
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Texas declares independence from Mexico
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Second Great Awakening
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Inauguration of Harrison
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Dorr War
The Dorr Rebellion (1841–1842) was a failed attempt to force broader democracy in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, where a small rural elite was in control of government. It was led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, who mobilized the disenfranchised to demand changes to the state's electoral rules. -
Brook Farm Founded
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Mexican War
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Oneida Founded
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Know-Nothing Party Established
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Dred Scott decision
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John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
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Tax-supported school system
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SC secedes
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Inauguration of Abe Lincoln
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Fort Sumter fired upon
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Monitor vv. Merrimac battle
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Antietam
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Emancipation Proclamation
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NY Draft Riots
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Battle at Gettysburg
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Battle at Vicksburg
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War of Attrition- Grant
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General Sherman's March to the Sea
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Union Captures Richmond
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General Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House
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Lincoln Assassinated
Shot April 14, died April 15