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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus discovers America
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Jamestown colony formed
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The French and Indian war begins
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The French and Indian war ends
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The Boston tea party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence written
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The Battle of Yorktown begins
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The Battle of Yorktown ends
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The Constitutional Convention begins
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The Constitutional Convention ends
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The invention of the cotton gin
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812 begins
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The War of 1812 ends
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The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The Trail of Tears
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The Panic of 1837 begins
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The Panic of 1837 ends
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The invention of the telegraph
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The Mexican-American War begins
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The Mexican-American War ends
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The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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13th Amendment
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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14th Amendment
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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15th Amendment
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The invention of the telephone
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The invention of the electric light
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War begins
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The Spanish-American War ends
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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The invention of the airplane
