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2330 BCE
Sargon Becomes World's First Leader (Akkadians)
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1792 BCE
Code of Hammurabi (1st Code of Laws - Babylonia)
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450 BCE
Democracy Established in Ancient Greece (Pericles)
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44 BCE
Julius Caesar Becomes Dictator of Rome
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27 BCE
Augustus Caesar Becomes First Emperor of Rome
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus Reaches America
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Sep 8, 1565
1st American Colony in St. Augustine, Florida (Spanish)
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Formation of Roanoke Island
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1st British Colony (Virginia)
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Formation of Plymouth Rock
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Petition of Rights
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English Bill of Rights (Glorious Revolution)
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13th British Colony (Georgia)
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Albany Plan of Union (Benjamin Franklin)
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French and Indian War Begins
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French and Indian War Ends
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Stamp Act (Tax on Printed Materials)
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Boston Massacre Propaganda
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Boston Tea Party
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1st American Army Established
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1st Continental Congress (George Washington Named Confederate Army General)
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American Revolution Begins (Lexington/Concord, Massachusetts)
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2nd Continental Congress (1st American government - John Hancock president)
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Naval Department Established by the Second Continental Army
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U.S. Marine Corps Established
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Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson - Father)
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American Revolution Informal End (Cornwallis Surrenders at Yorktown)
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Revolutionary War Official Ending (Treaty of Paris)
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Shay's Rebellion (Daniel Shay, Massachusetts)
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Anti-Federalist Papers
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Federalist Papers
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New York Ratifies the Constitution
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George Washington Elected First president (VP John Adams)
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Rhode Island Ratifies the Constitution
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Bill of Rights (James Madison, 1st 10 Amendments)
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Election of Thomas Jefferson; Democratic Domination Begins
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Marbury vs. Madison (Government Limitations)
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Louisiana Purchase (Thomas Jefferson - France)
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War of 1812 (War with Great Britain, Part 2)
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Star Spangled Banner (Francis Scott Key)
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Indian Removal Act (Trail of Tears – Andrew Jackson)
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Formation of Texas Rangers (First Organized Law Enforcement)
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Election of Abraham Lincoln (First Republican)
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Civil War Begins (North vs. South)
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Emancipation Proclamation (Abraham Lincoln)
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West Virginia Admitted into the Union (Result of the Civil War)
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Abraham Lincoln Assassinated by John Wilkes Boothe
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Civil War Ends
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13th Amendment (Abolition of Slavery)
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Ku Klux Klan Formed
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14th Amendment (Citizenship to All Individuals)
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15th Amendment (No Discrimination in Voting)
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Jim Crow Law Enacted
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Pledge Allegiance (Francis Bellamy)
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Plessy vs. Ferguson (Civil Rights)
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The Spanish American War (U.S. – Spain – Cuba)
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Open Door Policy (China)
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Panama Canal (Central America Trade Route)
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FBI Established
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Titanic Sinks in Newfoundland
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Bull Moose Party - Theodore Roosevelt
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16th Amendment: Income Tax
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Franz Ferdinand Assassinated (WWI Begins in Europe)
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Selective Service Established the Draft; the U.S. Enters WWI
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Germany Surrenders (Armistice - WWI Ends)
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Treaty of Versailles Signed (Official End of WWI)
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19th Amendment: Women's Suffrage
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Great Depression Begins (Stock Market Crashes)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected President
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WWII Begins (Europe)
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Lend Lease Act (FDR - Foreign Aid)
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Pearl Harbor (U.S. Enters WWII)
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West Virginia BOE vs. Barnette (Pledge of Allegiance)
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Death of Franklin Roosevelt
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Atomic Weapons on Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Japan (Truman)
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WWII Ends (V-R Day / V-J Day)
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Establishment of the United Nations
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Truman Doctrine (Act of Containment/ Communism)
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Cold War Begins
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CIA Established
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Creation of the Air Force
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Marshall Plan (Foreign Aid)
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Establishment of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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Defense Department Established
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Korean War Begins
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22nd Amendment (Limit on Presidential Terms)
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Korean War Ends
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Brown vs. Board of Education (Civil Rights)
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Jim Crow Law Terminated
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (Rosa Parks)
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Interstate Highway System Created (Dwight Eisenhower)
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Sputnik Launched (Russian Satellite)
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Creation of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
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Alaska Admitted Into the Union
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Hawaii Admitted Into a Union
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Freedom Riders (Segregation Protest)
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Mapp vs. Ohio (4th Amendment)
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Engel vs. Vitale (1st Amendment)
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gideon vs. Wainright (Criminal Rights)
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MLK March on Washington Speech
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JFK's Assassination (Lee Harvey Oswald)
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24th Amendment (No Discrimination in Voting)
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Vietnam War Begins
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Miranda vs. Arizona (Criminal Rights)
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MLK Assassination (James Earl Ray)
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Robert Kennedy Assassination (Sirhan Sirhan)
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Tinker vs. Des Moines School District (1st Amendment)
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Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin Become First Human Beings to Walk on the Moon
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26th Amendment (Voting 21-18)
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Roe vs. Wade (Abortion)
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Vietnam War Ends
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University of California vs. Bakke (Reverse Discrimination)
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New Jersey vs. T.L.O. (4th Amendment)
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United States vs. Eichman (Flag Burning)
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Persian Gulf War (Desert Storm)
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Oklahoma City Terrorist Bombing
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Columbine Shooting
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Illinois vs. Wardlow (Criminal Rights)
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Bush vs. Gore (Electoral College)
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Twin Towers Terrorist Attack (New York City)
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Operation Enduring Freedom (Response to September 11, 2001)
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Department of Homeland Security Established
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Operation Iraqi Freedom (Securing the Middle East)
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Saddam Hussein Execution
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Virginia Tech Shooting
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Fort Hood Shooting
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Operation Odyssey Dawn (Overthrown Dictatorship in Libya)
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Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
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Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
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West Virginia Celebrates 150th Anniversary (Statehood)
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WDBJ 7 Shooting (Roanoke, VA)
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Jim Justice Elected 36th West Virginia Governor
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Donald Trump Elected 45th United States President
