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1492
Discovery of America by Columbus
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Settlement of Jamestown
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French and Indian war
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Boston tea party
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of independence
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Battle of Yorktown
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Constitutional Convention starts
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Constitutional Convention ends
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Invention of cotton gin
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Alien and Sedition acts
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Louisiana Purchase
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Invention of the electric light
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War of 1812
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Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson's election
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Andrew Jackson's start of presidency
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Trail of Tears
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Invention of the telegraph
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Panic of 1837
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Andrew Jackson's end of presidency
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Banks run out of gold and silver
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Mexican-American war
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Compromise of 1850
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Firing on Fort Sumter
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Emancipation Proclamation
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13th amendment passed
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln's assassination
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13th amendment ratified
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14th amendment passed
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Andrew Johnson's impeachment
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15th amendment passed
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14th amendment ratified
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15th amendment ratified
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Invention of the telephone
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Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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Homestead strike
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Pullman strike
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Spanish-American war
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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Invention of the airplane
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First airplane flight
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Theodore Roosevelt's presidency ends