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Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta is written to limit the power of English rulers
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Aug 1, 1492
Columbus sets sail to find a route to the East Indies
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Nov 8, 1519
Hernando Cortes captures Tenochtitlan, beginning the fall of the Aztec Empire
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Virginia founded
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Massachusetts founded
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The Mayflower Compact, the first document of self-government in North America, is written by Pilgrim leaders in Plymouth
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New Hampshire founded
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New York founded
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Maryland Founded
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Connecticut founded
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Rhode Island founded
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Delaware founded
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The Carolinas founded
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New Jersey founded
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Pennsylvania founded
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The English Bill of rights is written to limit the monarchy and protect the rights of citizens
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John Locke publishes "Two Treatises on Government"
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The Carolinas split into North and South Carolina
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Georgia founded
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Baron de Montesquieu publishes "The Spirit of the Laws," urging that the government power be divided into three branches
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French and Indian War begins at Battle of Fort Necessity
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French troops defeat General Braddock
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Quebec surrenders to the British
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British troops take Montreal,ending the French & Indian War fighting in North America
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Treaty of Paris is signed between Britain & France, ending the French & Indian War
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Townshend Acts
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Father Junipero Serra builds first mission at San Diego
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Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress
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"The Shot Heard `round world" is fired at Lexington
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Second Continental Congress meets in Philidelphia
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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American Troops seize Montreal
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American troops fail to take Quebec
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Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
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Continental Congress accepts the Declaration of Independence
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Articles of Confederation written
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British troops surrender at Saratoga
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Benedict Arnold turns traitor to the American cause
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American Troops capture King`s Mountain
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Articles of Confederation go into effect
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British troops surrender at Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress, ending the Revolutionary War
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Shay`s Rebellion
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Northwest Ordinance
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Constitutional Convention opens in Philadelphia
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Constitution approved by the Constitutional Convention
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Delaware becomes first state to ratify the US Constitution
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Citizens of Philadelphia celebrate the ratification of the US Constitution with a festival
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New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the US Constitution, allowing it to go into effect
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Congress creates the first five executive departments
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Congress passes the Judiciary Act to organize the federal court system
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The French Revolution begins when an angry mob storms the Bastille
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Three fourths of the states ratify the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which become known as the Bill of Rights
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George Washington is inaugurated as 1st president of USA in New York City
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Congress creates the first Bank of the United States
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French King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette are beheaded
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Washington issues the Neutrality Proclamation
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Britain seizes American ships trading in the French West Indies
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The Whiskey Rebellion
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11th Amendment
Suits Against States -
George Washington publishes his Farewell Address
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France seizes American ships trading in the French West Indies
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John Adams is inaugurated as our 2nd President
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XYZ Affair
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Alien and Sedition Acts passed
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George Washington dies in his Virginia home, Mount Vernon
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Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr receive the same number of electoral votes for President, causing Congress to eventually pass the 12th amendment
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Amendment 12
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Federalist leader, Alexander Hamilton, killed in a duel with Republican, Aaron Burr
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12th Amendment
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Zebulon Pike views a mountain peak rising above the Colorado plains, which becomes known as "Pikes Peak
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Stephen Austin is given a land grant and leads settlers into Texas
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The American ship, the Constitution, battles the British ship, Guerriere, in the north Atlantic near the beginning of the War of 1812 -
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The Battle of Lake Erie
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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Britain defeats France in the war in Europe
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Battle of New Orleans
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British troops capture Washington, DC
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Treaty of Ghent signed
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US and Britain reach agreement to jointly occupy Oregon
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Missouri Compromise
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William Becknell leads group of traders from Missouri to New Mexico
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna comes to power in Mexico
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Mexican troops begin a siege of the Alamo
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Battle of San Jacinto is won by Sam Houston
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Texans declare independence from Mexico
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Manifest Destiny plays important role in election of James K Polk as President +
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Compromise of 1850
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Bleeding Kansas
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Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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John Brown's Raid of Harpers Ferry, VA
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Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as 16th president
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Attack on Fort Sumter, SC
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First Manassas, a.k.a. Bull Run, VA
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Fort Henry/Fort Donelson, TN
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Jackson's Valley Campaign, VA
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Shiloh, a.k.a. Pittsburg Landing, TN
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Second Manassas, a.k.a. Second Bull Run, VA
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Antietam, a.k.a. Sharpsburg, MD
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Perryville, KY
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Fredricksburg, VA
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Stones River, a.k.a Murfreesboro, TN
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Chancellorsville, SC
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Siege of Vicksburg, MS
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General Order 143
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Gettysburg, PA
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The Gettysburg Address
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Amendment 13
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13th Amendment
Abolition of Slavery -
Amendment 13
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Amendment 14
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Amendment 14
Rights of Citizens -
Amendment 14
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Amendment 15
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Amendment 16
The Income Tax -
Amendment 17
Direct Election of Senators -
Amendment 18
Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages -
Amendment 19
Women`s Sufferage -
Amendment 20
Presidental Terms; Sessions of Congress -
Amendment 21
Repeal of Prohibition -
Amendment 22
Limit on Number of President`s Terms -
Amendment 23
Presidential Electors for District of Columbia -
Amendment 24
Abolition of Poll Tax in National Elections -
Amendment 25
Presidential Sucession and Disability -
Amendment 26
Voting Age -
Amendment 27
Congressional Pay Increase
