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1492
Columbus Journey
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus--
He was one of the first people to discover the Americas -
1492
Columbian Exchange
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/precontact-and-early-colonial-era/old-and-new-worlds-collide/a/the-columbian-exchange-ka-- The Columbian exchange changed cultures to what they are now -
Founding of Jamestown
`https://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement/history-jamestown/-- First offical colony of the U.S -
John Smith Elected President of Jamestown Council
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/1600-1754-government-and-politics-chronology-- First president of Jamestwon Council -
Mayflower Compact
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower-compact-- The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement of self-government created -
John Winthrop assumes leadership of the English settlers
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/09/na.html-- Marked the beginning of the Massachusetts bay colony -
Puritans
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/puritanism-- People who were against the church of england -
William III of Orange is crowned king of England
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/09/na.html-- marked the important transition towards parliamentary -
Anne the younger sister of Mary is crowned queen of England
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/09/na.html-- Her death marked the upheaval of the English reformation -
Proclamation of 1763
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of-- Restricted the expansion of colonists to the west -
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American Revolutionary war
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history-- The colonies were independence from Great Britain -
Thomas Jefferson drafts the Declaration of Independence.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/09/na.html-- It marked the beginning of American Independence -
Treaty of Paris
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/treaty-of-paris-- The American Revolutionary War was formally ended -
Manifest Destiny
https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/manifest-destiny-- The idea that United States was destined by God to expand -
Battle Of Fort Sumter
The First Battle of the war where the first shot of the war was fired -
Woodrow Wilson is elected President of the United States
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/woodrow-wilson Woodrow Wilson got nearly 42 percent of the popular vote; Roosevelt came in second place with more than 27 percent of the popular vote. -
Zimmerman Telegraph
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war -
Joseph Stalin takes power
After Vladimir Lenin died, Stalin eventually outmaneuvered his rivals and won the power struggle for control of the Communist Party. In the late 1920s, he became dictator of the Soviet Union. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britan
https://www.biography.com/people/winston-churchill-9248164 Churchill helped lead a successful Allied strategy with the U.S. and Soviet Union during World War II to defeat the Axis powers and craft post-war peace -
Pearl Harbor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor A Japanese attack on a U.S naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This led to the United States' entry into World War II -
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Berlin Wall
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West.
