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Jan 1, 1450
Columbia Exchange
Widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human population, disease, and ideas from the year 1450 to 1492 -
Jan 1, 1451
Christopher Columbus
The month and day of Christopher Columbus birth is unknown but the year and place were 1451 in Genoa, Italy. Columbus was the one who supposedly discovered America on his travels -
Jan 1, 1480
Ferdinand Magellan's birth
Ferdinand Magellan was born in the year of 1480 in Sabrosa, Portugal. Ferdinand organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1521 then later died on April 27,1521 -
Dec 24, 1524
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal at a unknown date. Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India by sea -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five American colonists by British troops -
Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773 the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in the Boston Harbor and threw tea overboard due to hight taxes on it -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
A statement adopted in the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 which announced that the thirteen American colonies as independent -
Signing of Treaty of Paris
A treaty stating that the Revolutionary War with Great Britain was over -
George Washington
He was born February 22, 1732 in Mount Vernon, Virginia and after about fifty seven years of his life and a war he became a president on April 30, 1789 -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
When the Bill of Rights was proposed in cogress in 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution -
John Adams
John Adams was born October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts and after working as George Washington's vice president he was elected to become president on March 4, 1797 -
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia and was elected as president on March 4, 1801 -
Louisiana Purchase
The acquistion of Louisiana territory which was 828,000 square miles by the United States from France in 1803 -
James Madison
Madison was born on March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia and was elected March 4, 1809 -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 was a military conflict between the United States and the United Kingdom and Ireland that lasted from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815
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James Monroe
James Monroe was born April 28, 1758 in Monroe Hall, Virginia and was elected March 4, 1817 -
John Quincy Adams
Son of president John Adams and first lady Abigail Adams was born July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts and was elected as president on March 4, 1825 -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 in Waxhaws which is now a place between North and South Carolina and was elected as president on March 4, 1829 -
Indiana Removal Act
An act signed into law by president Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830 authorizing to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian within existing state borders -
Martin Van Buren
Van Buren was born December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York and was elected as president on March 4, 1837 -
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was born February 9, 1773 in Charles City Country, Virginia and was elected as president on March 4, 1841
