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Oct 24, 1497
Italian born John Cabot claims North America for England
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Period: Oct 24, 1497 to
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Oct 24, 1534
Jacques Cartier of France explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river
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Captain John Smith founds the English Colony of Jamestown
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Henry Hudson Explores Northeastern North America including the Hudson river
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Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War
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Colonists declare their Independance from England with the Declaration of independance
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Lousiana purchase Treaty signed with France
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War of 1812 between United States and Great Britain
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Oregon treaty signed and the Boundary between Canada and the United States is established at the 49th parallel (line of latitude)
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Civil War Begins
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Civil War Ends
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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Gold is discovered in the Yukons Klondike
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UNited States enters WWI fighting with the British and French
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Great Depression begins in the US
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Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor US enters WWII with the Allies
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US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Neil Armstrong is first man to walk on the moon
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United States sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada
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Persian Gulf War
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North American Free trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed between Canada the United States,and Mexico
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Occupation of Iraq by the United States