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Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain to South America in 1492. (History Lessons Pg 7)
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The Catholic church in England reformed in 1536 and became the Church of England with the King now in charge. (T&E Pg 509)
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Jamestown was settled by English immigrants in 1607, it was failing and the settlers eventually starved. Later, they learned to grow tobacco and prospered. (History Lessons Pg 15)
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King George III became king after his grandfather King George II died.
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The French Indian War began in 1754 and lasted until 1763 when the British finally defeated the French for the land near the Ohio River Valley. (History.com)
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The British took the city of Quebec during the French Indian War on September 13 1759, turning the tides of the war. (History.com)
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The Treaty of Paris gave the Ohio River Valley land mass to Britain from France after the French & Indian War. (History.org)
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King George III prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains into territory recently claimed from the French & Indian War. (ushistory.org)
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To officially begin the revolutionary war, the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. (History.com)
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To officially end the Revolutionary war the Treaty of Paris was signed which officially recognized The United States Of America as a country rather than a colony. (History.com)
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After the revolutionary war, George Washington was voted to be the first President of the United States in 1789
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Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title Emperor of France in 1804
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After the revolution from Mexico, Texas voted for Sam Houston to be the first President.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America.
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The last state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy was Tennesse
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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in order to free all of the current slaves and encourage them to fight for the Union in the Civil War.
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The Civil War was completed on May 9, 1865, after Lee surrendered at the Appomattox courthouse. (History Alive Textbook)
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Reconstruction officially ended after Hayes withdrew troops from the South in 1877
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On Christmas Day 1914, the Germans and the US set aside their differences for one day to have peace with one another.
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The Russian revolution began on March 8, 1917, soon Russia became the Soviet Union and left WW1
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Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 and began Nazi rule.
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Winston Churchill was elected prime minister of England in 1940.
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Hitler committed suicide after Benito Mussolini's assassination, in fear of having the same happen to him.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22 1963
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Lyndon B. Johnson took control of the white house after JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963
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Ronald Reagan was elected on January 30th 1981 and finished his term on January 20th 1989
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The Berlin wall fell in November of 1991 creating a united Berlin becoming one city again.
