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Jamestown
First permanent English settlement -
First Africans brought to Jamestown
To work on tobacco plantations -
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The Great Awakening
Religious movement had swept through Europe and the colonies in the mid 1700s (know years only) -
Proclamation of 1773
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. -
Revolutionary War Begins
Shots fired at Lexington and Concord -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson -
Constitution Ratified
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Thomas Jefferson Elected
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Louisiana Purchase
Doubled size of USA overnight (know year only) -
War of 1812
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Missouri Compromise
Drew east/west line through Louisiana Purchase (know year only) -
Monroe Doctrine
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Tariff of 1832
North liked it and South disliked it (know year only) -
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Mexican War
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Compromise of 1850
Entered California as a free state and let other territories vote whether or not to have slaves (know year only) -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Repealed Missouri Compromise (know year only) -
Lincoln Elected President
Southern states secede (know year only) -
Lincoln Calls For Federal Troops
After southern states secede (know year only) -
Homestead Act
Gave free land to settlers in the west to farm. (Know year only) -
Reconstruction Ended
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Comprise of 1877
Ended Reconstruction (know year only) -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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WWI Begins in Europe
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USA Enters WWI
Because of ties to Britain and German submarine warfare on our ships (Know year only0 -
Immigration Reconstriction Act of 1921
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