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Jamestown
This is the very first permanent English settlement in America -
Mayflower
When the pilgrims escaped from England to America to be able to have religeous freedoms. -
Boston Massacre
A british soldier shot a patriot because he thought someone tokd him to schoot. After that the other British soldiers started shooting after him. -
Boston Tea Party
Angry settlers dumped all of the british tea into the harbor because of unfair taxes placed upon it. -
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The American Relvolution
Britian did not like that the settlers in America wanted freedom and disobeyed King George III. -
Declaration of Independence
America declared it`s independence from Britian. -
The U.S. Constitution is written.
Defines the power of America's government. -
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The Industrial Revolution
New inventions were being created. -
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The war of 1812
The U.S. and britian had dissagreements having to do with the impressment of american sailors into the British navy. -
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The Mexican-American War
A territorial disagreement on where Mexico and America met. -
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Civil War
War over equal rights. -
Presedent Abe Lincoln gets shot
John Wilks Booth hated Abe LIncoln and shot him in the back of the head.