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Champlain maps the coast of New England
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The Dutch build Fort Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan Island
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First book printed in the United States, the Bay Psalm, produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Father Eusebio Kino explores northern Mexico and the southwestern United States
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Outbreak of the Franco-Indian War
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The Boston Massacre
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Declaration of Independence
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Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation
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Treaty of Paris establishes the independence of the United States
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George Washington chairs the Constitutional Convention, meeting in Philadelphia
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The Bill of Rights is approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification
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Construction of the United States Capitol begins
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Thomas Jefferson is elected to serve as the third president of the United States
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Lewis and Clark leave Saint Louis for the Pacific
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First continental map of the United States
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Birth of the Oil Industry, Titusville, Pennsylvania
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Abraham Lincoln is elected to serve as President
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Andrew Carnegie sells the Carnegie Steel company, which includes the Homestead steel mill, to the United States Steel Corporation, the world's largest company
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The Wright brothers successfully complete the first flight
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Stock Market Crisis Triggers the Great Depression
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US Forces Fight Japan in the Pacific
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Catastrophic crash of the space shuttle Challenger