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jamestown
first sucsessfull british settlement. -
galilio sees the moons of jupitor
Galileo Galilei sees the moons of Jupiter through his telescope. Galileo also showed the Copernican system in which the planets circle the sun was correct. -
william shakespeare
William Shakespeare dies. -
thirty years war
Start of the Thirty Years' War - Protestants revolt against Catholic oppression; Denmark, Sweden, and France invade Germany in later phases of war. Johannes Kepler proposes last of three laws of planetary motion. -
mayflower
agreement established by the men that sailed to america on the mayflower. -
declaration of indapendence
the document in which the colonies declared indapendence -
american revolution
a rebellion for the thirteen north american colonies of the great britian who declared indapendence. -
constitution written
offers special pertection of individual liberty and justice, place's restrictions on the power of goverments. -
bill of rights
first ten admendments to the u.s constitution -
murbury vs. madison
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lousianna purchase
thomas jefferson bought this land from napolian to doubke our size. -
california gold rush
large numbers of people moved to california to collesct gold from the gold mines. -
kansas-nebraska act
the law that established the teritires for kansas and nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether they would allow slavery or not. -
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civil war
the north and south fought over the states rights and the north won. -
slavery in jamestown
the first African slaves are brought to Jamestown.
