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The first permanent English settlement in America.
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The first representative assembly in America
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The Plymouth colony was established
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The population is around 50,400
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The English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch
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The French and Indian War begins
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This treaty put an end to the French and Indian War.
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British troops would fire into a mob killing five civilians.
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A group of patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped more than 300 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor, to show their outrage over the tea tax
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The first continental congress meets in Philadelphia.
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The beginning of the American Revolution. America wanted her freedom from Great Britain.
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Continental Congress drafts the Declaration of Independence in Philidelphia
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Congress chooses the first official United States flag
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Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation
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The Continental army would spend a harsh winter in Valley Forge.
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General Charles Cornwallis would surrender to George Washington at Yorktown, Va.
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The British give Americans the independence they fought for. The Treaty of Paris brought the war to a close.
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Farmers protest the high taxes and the penalties for failure to pay.
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Congress meets in Philadelphia to create the U.S. Constitution.
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George Wahington becomes our first president
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Washinton was inaugurated as our first president at Federal Hall in New York City.
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The first ten Amendments are created
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This was held in Philadelphia.
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John Adams becomes the second president
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They set fire to the White House and the Capitol
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This Supreme Court case gave Congress the right to establish a national bank
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"In an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states, Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) is admitted as a free state so that Missouri can be admitted as a slave state; except for Missouri, slavery is prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30'."
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President Monroe addresses Congress and declares that America is off-limits for European colonization.
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This would be the first public railroad in the U.S.
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Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act forcing Indians to move to any land west of the Mississippi river
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Texans defeated Mexico at the battle of San Jacinto
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William Henry Harrison dies one month into his term. He is replaced by John Tyler
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The U.S. declares war on Mexico, in hopes of gaining California
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"Fixes U.S.-Canadian border at 49th parallel; the U.S. acquires Oregon territory."
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Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill, which threw California into the Gold Rush
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The Mexican War ends
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A women's rights convention is held in Secena Falls, NY
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Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most influential people with the Underground Railroad
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President Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes president
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The U.S. buys borderland from Mexico for $10 million
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This established the territories for Kansas and Nebraska
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The Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves
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Allowed settlers to claim land after they have lived on it for five years
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This would end the Civil War
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Prohibited slavery
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Ratified, defining citizenship
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This created the first transcontinental railroad
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Gave African Americans the right to vote
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Killed 300 and destroyed over 90,000 homes leaving people homeless
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involved several members of Congress
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