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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot claims North America for England
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Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River
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Jan 1, 1539
Hernando de Soto explores south-eastern North America
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Jan 1, 1540
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado explores south-western North America Discovery of the Grand Canyon by Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
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Jan 1, 1541
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado explores Kansas
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Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh
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Captain John Smith explorer and founder of Jamestown
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slavery was introduced to the colony of virginia
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Maryland was founded
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Harvard college was founded
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Third Anglo-Powhatan war
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Witch trials took place in Salem
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First Great Awakening
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Benjamin Franklin´s kite experiment took place
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French and Indian War
Albany Congress: A "Union of colonies" was proposed -
Ends French anh Indian War
- Canada east of the Mississippi River added to the British empire.
- Ponctiac´s Rebellion against the British.
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James Otis publishes "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved"
August: Boston merchants begin a boycott of British luxury goods. -
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament.
- July: The Sons of Liberty is formed - a secret organization opposed to the Stamp Act.
- December: Over 200 Boston merchants refuse to pay the Stamp Tax
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Violence breaks out in New York between British soldiers and members of the Sons of Liberty
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"The Boston Massacre"
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The Boston Tea Party
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The Coercive Acts
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English Parliament declares Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion.
- George Washington takes command of the Continental.
- June 17: Battle of Bunker Hill.
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Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence
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France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the America Revolution soon becomes a world war.
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Preliminary peace treatry signed in Paris recognising American Independence and the British withdrawal from America
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britain.
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First President of the US is George Washintong (1789-1797)
- The first thirteen states were Delawere, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New Yprk, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Fugitive Slave Act passed
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the US.
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Second President of the US is John Adams (1797-1801)
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Library of Congress founded
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Third President of the US is Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
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Barbary Wars
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Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
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U.S. slave trade with Africa ends
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Fourth President of the US is James Madison (1809-1817)
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Civil War
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Fifth President of the US is James Monroe (1817-1825)
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Five more states were admitted to the US - Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi
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Acquisition of Florida Illinois admission to the US
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Alabama and Maine admission to the US
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Missouri admission to the US
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Monroe Doctrine
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Sixth President of the US is John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
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Seventh President of the US is Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
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2° Great Awakening
- Oregon Trail opens
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Joseph Smith founds Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
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Suprema Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation
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Texas War for Independence begins
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Arkansas admission to the US
- Eigth President of the US Van Buren
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Battle of the Alamo
- First Femile admission to the US
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The Trail of Tears (1838-1839)
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Ninth President of the US is William Henry Harrison
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Tenth President of the US is John Tyler (1841-1845)
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Eleventh President of the US is James Knox Polk (1845-1849)
- Texas asmission to the US
- Florida admission to the US
- Supreme court decided about Amistad vs U.S.
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Mexican-American War begins and (ends in 1848)
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Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War
- Iowa admission to the US
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Gold discovered in California
- Wisconsin admission to the US.
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American War.
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Twelfth President of the US is Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
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Thirteenth President of the US is Millard Fillmore (1850.1853)
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California admission to the US
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Fourteenth Presidente of the US is Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
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Pottawatomie Massacre
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Fifteenth President of US is James Buchanan (1857-1861)
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Minnesota admission to the US
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Oregon admission to the US
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Sixteenth President of the US
*Knasas admission to the US
*Confederate States of America
*The American Civil War
*Fist Battle of Bull run -
West Virginia admission to the US
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Sand Creek Massacre
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Abraham Lincoln assassinated
*Seventeenth President of the US is Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
*Nevada admission to the US
*United States Civil War ends -
ku klux klan founded
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Nebraska admission to the US
*Alaska Purshase from Rusia -
Eigtheenth President of the US is Ulysses Simpson Grant (1869-1877)
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Great Chicago Fire
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Yellowstone National Park established
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Red River Wars
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Nineteenth President of US is Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1877-1881)
*Colorado admission to the US
*Nez Perce War -
Twentieth President of the US is James Abram Garfield
Twenty-first President of the US is Chester Alan Arthur (1881-1885) -
Twenty-second President of the US is Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
*Washington momument completed -
Twenty-third President of the US is Benjamin Harrison(1889-1893)
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North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho admission to US
*Yosemite National Park created¨
*Wounded Knee Massacre -
Wyoming admission to US
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Twenty-Fourth President of the US is Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
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Utah admission to the US
*Gold discovery in the Yukon`s Klondike -
Twenty-Fifth President of the US is William McKinley (1897-1901)
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Spanhish - American War
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Boxer Rebellion in China
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Twenty-Sixth President of the US is Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
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Ford Motor Company formed
- First World Series
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Panama Canal Zone acquired
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Oklahoma admission to the US
- Ford Model T Marketed
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established
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Twenty - Seventh President of the US is William Howard (1909-1913)
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Arizona, Alaska and New Mexico admission to the US
*Titanic sinks -
Twenty - Eighth President of the US is Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
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WWI started 28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918
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US entered World War 1
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Treaty of Versailles
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First radio broadcast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Twenty - Ninth President of the US is Warren Gamaliel Harding (1921-1923)
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Thirtieth President of the US is Calvin Coolidge
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Charles Lindbergh makes fist trans-Atlantic fligth
*Jazz singer Al Jolson is the first "talkie" to be released -
Thirty- first President of the US is Herbert Clark Hoover(1929-1933)
*St. Valentine´s Day massacre -
Empire State Building opens
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“The Star-Spangled Banner” became the National Anthem
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Amelia Earhart flies acrooss Atlantic Ocean
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Thirty- second President of the US is Franklin Delano Rooselvelt (1933-1945)
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Dust Bowl begins
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London Conference on disarmament
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World War II
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
*US enteres World War II -
D-Day
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Thirty-third President of the US is Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
*US takes Okinawa
*Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
The Cold War began between the US and the Soviet Union
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Atomic Energy Act
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NATO formed
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Korean War began
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Thirty-fourth President of the US is Dwight David Eisenhower(1953-1961)
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NASA is formed
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Hawaii the last state was admitted giving the American flag 50 stars
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Thirty-fifth President of the US is John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963)
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President J. Kennedy assassinated
*Thirty-sixth President of the US is Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969)
*King Martin Luther Jr. "I have a dream" speech -
Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
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Thirty-seventh President of the US is Richard Milhous Nixon (1969-1974)
*Neil Armstrong walks on the moon -
Vietnam War ends
*Skylab first space station launched -
Richard Nixon resigns presidency
*Thirty-eighth President of the US is Greald Rudolph Ford (1974-1977) -
Thirty-ninth President of the US is Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
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Fortieth President of the US is Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981-1989)
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Space shuttle Challenger accident
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Fourty-first President of the US is George Herbert Walker Bush(1990-1993)
*Hubble space telescope placed in orbit -
Gulf War
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Hurricane Andrew (Florida and Louisiana)
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Fourty-second President of the US is William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001)
*World Trade Center bombing -
Oklahoma City bombing
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Fourty-third President of the US is George Walker Bush
*September 11, Terrorism attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -
Occupation of Iraq
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The social networking website Facebook is launched
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Hurricane Katrina
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the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro.
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Fourty-fourth President of the US is Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama is re-elected
