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1492
Colombus arrives to America
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Jamestown is set up
first european colony in North America -
Period: to
Civil rights
here we are going to explain the chronology of the civil rights movement -
The first 20 slaves are sold to settlers in Virginia
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The Mayflower reached America
There were 13 colonies founded.
- In New England, they used the slaves for fishing activities and industries
- Middle Colonies, they used slaves for industries
-Southern Colonies, they used slaves for plantations of sugar and cotton -
Declaration of Independence
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Period: to
end of Civil War
The Northern part wanted slavery to be abolished but the Southern didnt. Slavery was finally abolished -
The 14th amendment is passed
African americans become fill citizens -
Everyone can vote
15th amendment states that the right to vote will not be denied to account of race -
Wyoming becomes first state to grant woman the right to vote
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Separate but equal
the U.S supreme court "separate but equal" position is plessy v.ferguson approved laws requiring racial segregation -
National Association for the advancement of colored people
(NAACP) founded. -
19th Amendment passes
the 19th to the U.S Constitution is passed, granting women the right to vote -
Roosvelt issues order rrelocating Japanese-Americans
on february 19, 1942. President Roosvelt issued an executive order designating much of the west coast a Military Area and reuqiring relocation of most Japanese-americans