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May 9, 1492
Columbus arrives at Bahamas
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Roanoke colony founded by Raleigh
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Spanish Armada defeated
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VA Colony founded @ Jamestown
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Plymouth Colony founded by Pilgrims on Mayflower
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MA Bay Colony founded by Puritans
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Great Migration of Puritans from England -> MA
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New England Confederation
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King Philip's War
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Dominion of New England
brought down by colonists 1689 -
- 1767 Unpopular Acts (click for details)
1733 Molasses Act
1763 Proclamation/Quebec Act
1764 Sugar Act
1765 Stamp Act
1766 Declaratory Act
1767 Townshend Revenue Acts -
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French and Indian War
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Stamp Act Congress
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Boston Massacre
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Tea Act & Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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1st Continental Congress
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Lexington & Concord
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2nd Continental Congress
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Declaration of Independence
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Articles of Confederation
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Battle of Saratoga
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Treaty of Paris ends Revolution
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Shay's Rebellion
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Constitutional Convention @ Philadelphia
Ratified 1788 -
Northwest Ordinance
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George Washington Inaugurated
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Judiciary Act
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Bill of Rights Ratified
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Bank of US Approved
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Jay Treaty
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Pinckney Treaty
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XYZ Affair
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Alien & Sedition Acts
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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Louisiana Purchase
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Embargo Act
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War of 1812
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Hartford Convention
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Treaty of Ghent ends War of 1812
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Battle of New Orleans
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2nd Bank of US chartered
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Panic of 1819
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Missouri Compromise
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Opening of Lowell Factories
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First American Settlement in TX founded by Stephen Austin
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Opening of the Erie Canal
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Public school movement begins in Boston
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Tariff of Abominations
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Indian Removal Act
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Opening of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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William Lloyd Garrison starts publishing the Liberator
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Nullification Crisis
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American Anti-Slavery Society Founded
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Whig Party Organized
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Gag Resolution passed in Congress
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Battle of the Alamo
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TX Independence from Mexico
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Trail of Tears
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TX annexed
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Oregeon Territory border dispute resolved
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Mexican War
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War
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Gold found in CA
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Ostend Manifesto (Cuba)
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Bleeding Kansas
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John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
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South Carolina Secedes
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Soon-to-be Confederate States secede
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Fighting at Fort Sumter begins Civil War
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Homestead Act
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Emancipation Proclamation
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NYC Draft Riots
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Sherman's March to the Sea
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Lincoln Assassinated
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Freedman's Bureau Established
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13th Amendment outlaws slavery
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Black Codes begin
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Civil Rights Act
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KKK Formed
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Congressional Reconstruction
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Tenure of Office Act
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14th Amendment equal rights etc
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15th Amendment enfranchises blacks
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Hayes-Tilden Controversy -> Reconstruction ends, Hayes becomes president