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Jamestown
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First Africans Brought To Jamestown
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Great Awakening
Religious movement that swept the colonies and Europe in mid 1700's. (Know year only) -
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. (Know year only) -
Revolutionary War Begins
Shots fired at Lexington and Concord. (Know year only) -
Deceleration of Independence
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Constitution Ratified
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Thomas Jefferson Elected
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Louisiana Purchase
Doubled size of US overnight. (Know year only) -
War of 1812
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Missouri Compromise
Drew east-west 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 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Repealed Missouri Compromise.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 Seceded (Know year only) -
Lincoln Calls For Federal Troops
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Homestead Act
Gave free land to settlers in the west -
Compromise of 1877
Ended Reconstruction (Know year only) -
Reconstruction Ended
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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 only) -
Immigration Restriction Act of 1921
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Black Tuesday
Stock Market Crash -
Tariff Act of 1930
AKA Hawley-Smoot Tariff (Know year only)
