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The beginning of the exploration of America -
Approval from the Spanish crown to allow settlers to force labor from the Indians
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The era of the protestant revolution and Martin Luther -
Wars between early English settlers and the Powhatan Indians -
Spirituality came back into the public conscience strongly
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Slave rebellion in the southern colonies -
Known as the seven years war, this was a conflict between Britain and France in America -
The British government imposing a tax on printed good in the colonies
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British soldiers killed multiple Americans due to tensions growing -
American patriots throwing crates of tea into the water as protest -
Delegates from 12 colonies came together to discuss the future -
This is where the first shots of the revolutionary war were fired
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Declaring that America would become a separate nation from Britain -
Secures the 13 colonies as American states and ends the war -
The first ten amendments to the constitution -
Unofficial war between France and the U.S labeled as the quasi war
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The purchasing of the Louisiana territory by the U.S -
Fights that occurred in Kansas between pro and anti slave Americans -
Court case that decided descendants of slaves were not citizens -
Tensions finally come to a head and America goes to war with itself