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Named after King James 1
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Also known as the seven year war.
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Took place because of the Tea Act, earlier that year.
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The first battle of the revaluation
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Last battle of the revolutionary war. The British surrendered October 19, 1781.
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The Constitutional Convention started May 25, 1787 and lasted until September 17, 1787.
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Invented by Eli Whitney and patented 1794.
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The U.S. purchased 828,000,000 sq. miles from the French.
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Started June 18, 1812-March 23, 1815. The war of 1812 was fought between the United States and the United Kingdoms.
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A compromise that let Missouri become a state with legal slavery and included Main joining the free states.
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Andrew Jackson ran against John Quinsy in the 1828 U.S. presidential election.
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the Choctaws that were forced to leave their ancient homelands in the Southeast to Indian Territory.
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The financial crisis ended mid 1840s.
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The first telegraph was sent May 24, 1844 by Samuel Morse.
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The Mexican-American War spanned from April, 1846-February, 1848.
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The Compromise of 1850 averted a crisis between the North and South.
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The Firing on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861-April 14, 1861, was the start of the Civil War.
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It it was the end of the four year war where 620,000 men died.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John w. Booth, at the Ford's theater.
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February 24, 1868 126 to 47 voted to impeach Andrew Johnson, on account of high crams and misdemeanors.
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In 1870 the largest oil refinery, in the world at that time, was established
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Alexander Bell constructed and patented the telephone in 1876.
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Thomas Edison successfully made the light bulb and patented it in 1879.
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The strike came to a climax on July 6, 1892 in a battle of strikers vs privet security agents.
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The Pullman strike was a nation wide railroad strike that was the tuning point for U.S. labor.
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The Spanish-American War started April 1898 and ended August 1898.
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president became the 26th president after William McKinley was assassinated.
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The Wright brothers had there world changing flight on the cold beach of Kitty Hawk in December 17, 1903.