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1492
Columbus' First Voyage
Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. -
The year Jamestown was settled
A newly settled town in Virginia by pioneers who were blind to what severe challenges they're going to face in the new Jamestown. -
End of the French and Indian war.
This is the end of a war. It ended with the Treaty of Paris. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a patriot mob and a squad of British soldiers. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. On the night before, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
The Declaration of Independence
It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule