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Aug 1, 1492
Columbus sets sail to find a route to the East Indies
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Nov 18, 1519
Hernando Cortes captures Tenochtitlan, beginning the fall of the Aztec Empire
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Virginia founded
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Massachusetts founded
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New Hampshire founded
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New York founded
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Marlyland founded
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Connecticut founded
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Rhode Island founded
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Delaware founded
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The Carolinas founded
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New Jersey founded
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Pennsylvania founded
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The Carolinas split into North and South Carolinas
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Georgia founded
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French and Indian war begins at Battle of Fort Necesessity
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French troops defeat general Braddock
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The 11th amendment is passed (suits against states
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Quebec surrenders to the British
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British troops take Montreal, ending the French and Indian war fighting in North America
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Treaty of Paris is signed between Britian and France, ending the French and Indian war
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Sugar Act
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Stamp act
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Townshend acts
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Father Junipero Serra builds first mission at San Diego
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Boston Massacre
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Boston tea party
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Intolerable acts
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First Continental congress convenes in Philadelphia
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" The shot heard around the world" is fired in Lexington
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Second Continental congress meets in Philadelphia
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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American troops seize Montreal
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American troops fail to take Quebec
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Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
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Continental Congress accepts the Declaration of Independence
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Articles of Confederation are written
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British troops surrender at Saratoga
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Benedict Arnold turns traitor to the American cause
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American troops King's mountain
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Articles of confereration go into effect
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British troops surrender at Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress, ending the Revolutionary war
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Land Ordience of 1785
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Shays rebellion
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Northwest ordinance
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Constitutional Convention opens in Philadelphia
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Constitution approved by Constitutional Convention
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-Congress creates the first five executive departments
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-Congress passes the Judiciary Act to organize the federal court system
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George Washington is inaugurated as our 1st President in New York City
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The French Revolution begins when an angry mob storms the Bastille
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Congress creates the first Bank of the United States
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The French Revolution begins when an angry mob storms the Bastille
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The Whiskey Rebellion
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Amendment 12 electiom of president and vice president
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The American ship, the Constitution, battles the British ship, Guerriere, in the north Atlantic near the beginning of the War of 1812
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Battle of Lake Erie
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Britain defeats France in the war in Europe
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Battle of New Orleans
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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British troops capture Washington, DC
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Treaty of Ghent signed
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US and Britain reach agreement to jointly occupy Oregon
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Missouri Compromise
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Stephen Austin is given a land grant and leads settlers into Texas
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William Becknell leads group of traders from Missouri to New Mexico
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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Mexican troops begin a siege of the Alamo
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Texans declare independence from Mexico
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Battle of San Jacinto is won by Sam Houston
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Manifest Destiny plays important role in election of James K Polk as President
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Compromise of 1850
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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-"Bleeding Kansas"
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Dred Scott Decision
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Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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John Brown's Raid of Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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John Brown's Raid of Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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Lincoln is elected 16th President of the United States
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Secession of South Carolina
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Virginia joins the Confederacy
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Firing on Fort Sumter
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Battle of Bull Run of First Manassas
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Battles at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
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Jackson's Valley Campaign
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Battle of Shiloh
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Second Manassas
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Emancipation Proclamation
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General Order 143
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Amendnment 13 abolition of slavery
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Amendment 14 rigths of citizens
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Amendment 15 voting rights
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Amendment 16 The Income tax
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Amendment 17 Direct election of senators
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Amendment 18 Prohibitation of Alcoholic Beverages
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Amendment 19 womens sufferage
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Amendment 20 Presidential terms: sessions of congress
