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First Permanent English Settlement at Jamestown
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The New England Confederation is founded
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First of the Salem witch trials
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U.S. Constitution Signed
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George Washington is unanimously elected the 1st president of the U.S.
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Washington replaces Philadelphia as the U.S. capital city
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Samuel Morse Develops the Electric Telegraph
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Mexican American war
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The California Gold Rush begins
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13th Amendment abolishes slavery; Lincoln is assassinated
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
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The Wright brothers make their first powered flight
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The Ford Model T appears on the market
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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the right to vote
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Wall Street Crash begins Great Depression
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into World War II
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U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends
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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court decision bans racial segregation in schools -
First moon landing
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President Kennedy assassinated; March on Washington
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Bill Gates founds Microsoft
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Fall of the Soviet Union, end of the Cold War
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September 11th terrorist attacks
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Republican candidate Donald Trump wins presidential election, defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in one of the biggest political upsets in US history
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The US, Canada and Mexico reach a new trade deal to replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement
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Democrat former Vice-President Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in the presidential election
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Joe Biden inaugurated president amid unprecedented security, a week after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington DC
