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1492
Columbus discovers the Americas
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1503
"America" is first used in history books
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1513
Juan Ponce De Leon discovers the Florida peninsula
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1522
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
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1565
St Augustine becomes the first permanent settlement
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Jamestown, Virginia is established
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Slaves first brought to America
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Mayflower arrives in Cap Cod
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Public schools begin in Massachusetts
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Salem Witch Trials
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The first public library is created
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Benjamin Franklin begins to publish his "Poor Richards Almanac" yearly
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Johnathan Edwards sermon "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God"
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The French Indian War
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The Boston Massacre
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The Declaration of Independence was signed in PA
