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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus Discovers America
Christopher Columbus sails 3 ships (Nina, Pinta, and the St. Maria), to find the new world. On August 3rd 1492, Columbus finally arrives in America. -
Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot Claims North America
On June 24, 1497, John Cabot claimed on behalf of England's King Henry VII to what thereafter would be called Newfoundland. -
Jan 1, 1534
Cartier Explores the Great Lakes
Jacques Cartier an English explorer, tried to find a passage to Asia, and ended up exploring the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, -
Raleigh Established the Virgina Colony, Ranoke Island
Sir Walter Raleigh in Elizabethan Times, Established the Virgina Colony known as Ranoke Island -
John Smith and Jamestown
On May 13th 1607 John Smith arrives at the land they will one day make Jamestown. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact is a written agreement composed by a consensus of the new Settlers arriving at New Plymouth in November 11, 1620. -
1636 - First College -
Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north Americancolony, established at Cambridge in Massachusetts -
1636 - Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier,Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts.
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1636 - First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north American
the first institute for higher education in a north American -
English Bill Of Rights
Passed Laws about the Monarchy.
-The Right to Call upon the Monarch
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French & Indian War
The French and The Indians Got in a war against Great Britian over land/the new world -
1754 - 1763 French & Indian
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Proclamation of 1763
This Proclamation closed lands north and west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlement, to stop conflict. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London
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1773 - Santa Claus - Colonial America
Santa Claus, or Santa, is a figure in North American culture who reflects an amalgamation of the Dutch Sinterklaas,[1] the English Father Christmas, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus -
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Revoloutionary War
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Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th 1776 to delare the United States freedom from the British. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.
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Georgia
On January 2nd 1787, Georgia became a state in the U.S. -
Constitution
The Constitution is the law of the United States of America. It talks about the United States government, the states, citizens, and all people within the United States. -
Delaware
Delaware became a statein the U.S. on dec. 7 1787 -
Pennsylvania
On the 12th of December in 1787 Pennsylvania became a State in the U.S. -
New Jersey
On Dec. 18 1787 New Jersey became a state in the U.S, -
Connecticut
on january nine connecticut was added as a state in the U.S -
Massachusetts
On February 6th 1788, Massachusetts became a state in the U.S. -
Maryland
on april 28 maryland was added as a state in the U.S -
South Carolina
On May 22 1788, South Carolina became a state in the U.S. -
New Hampshire
on june 21 1788 New Hampshire was added as a state in the U.S -
Virginia
On Janurary 25 1788, Virginia becomes a state in the U.S. -
New York
on july 26 1788 New York was added as a state in the U.S -
North Carolina
On November 21 1789, North Carolina becomes a state in the U.S. -
Population in 1790
4 Million People -
Rhode Island
on may 29 1790 Rhode Island was added as a state in the U.S -
Vermont
On March 4 1791, Vermont becomes a state in the U.S. -
Bill Of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which limit the power of the U.S. federal government. These limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property including freedoms of religion, speech, a free press, free assembly, and free association, as well as the right to keep and bear arms.
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Kentucky
on june 1 1792 Kentucky was added as a state in the U.S -
1793 - Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
invented in north carolina -
11th Amendment
The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. -
Tennessee
On June 1 1796, Tennessee becomes a state in the U.S. -
John Adams, 1797-1801
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Population in 1800
5.3 Million People -
Ohio
on march 1 1803 Ohio was added as a state in the U.S -
12th Amendment
The Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII) to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
James Madison, 1809-1817
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Popualtion in 1810
7.2 Million People -
Louisiana
On April 30 1812, Louisiana becomes a state in the U.S. -
1812 - 1815 War of 1812
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Indiana
on december 11 1816 indiana was added as a state in the U.S -
U of M- 1817
Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 -
Mississippi
On December 10 1817, Mississippi becomes a state in the U.S. -
Illionois
on december 18 1818 Illionois was added as a state in the U.S -
Alabama
On December 14 1819 Alabama becomes a state in the U.S. -
Population in 1820
9.6 Million People -
Maine
on march 15 1820 Mainewas added as a state in the U.S -
Missouri
On August 10 1821, Missouri becomes a state in the U.S. -
John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
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Population in 1830
12.8 Million People -
Indian Removal Act
In 1830 Congress, urged on by President Andrew Jackson, passed the Indian Removal Act which gave the federal government the power to relocate any Native Americans in the east to territory that was west of the Mississippi River. -
1833 - Oberlin College
- First college to accept Women
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1835 - Oberlin College
- First School to accept Blacks
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Arkansas
on june 15 1836 Arkansaw was added as a state in the U.S -
Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
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1839 - Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear
Vulcanization or vulcanisation is a chemical process for converting rubber or related polymers into more durable materials via the addition of sulfur or other equivalent "curatives." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanization -
Population in 1840
17 Million People -
John Tyler, 1841-1845
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Florida
on march 3 1845 Floridawas added as a state in the U.S -
1846 - 1848 Mexican American War
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Iowa
on Decembet 28 1846 Iowawas added as a state in the U.S -
Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
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Population in 1850
23 Million People -
California
on september 9 1850 California was added as a state in the U.S -
Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
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1858 - Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman
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Oregon
on february 14 1859 Oregon was added as a state in the U.S -
Population in 1860
31.4 Million People -
1861 - Jelly Bean - William Schrafft
over 50 different flavors -
Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
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west virginia
on june 23 1863 West Virginia was added as a state in the U.S -
1863 - Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson
you had to soak it overnight -
1865 - 13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Nebraska
on march 1 1867 nebraska was added as a state in the U.S -
Nebraska
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14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Its Citizenship Clause provides a broad definition of citizenship that overruled the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling by the Supreme Court (1857) that held that blacks could not be citizens of the United States
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1869 - American Football - Walter Camp
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football -
Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877
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Population in 1870
38.6 Million People -
15th Amendment
granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
15th Amendment
prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (i.e., slavery) -
1877- Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler
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Population in 1880
50.1 Million People -
James Abram Garfield, 1881
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Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885
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Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
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1886 - Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton
was first created as a headache medicen -
1887 - Softball - George Hancock
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball -
North Dakota
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Montana
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Population in 1890
62.9 Million People -
Idaho July 3, 1890
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1892 - CMU
home of the chipewas -
1893 - Radio - Nikola Tesla
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio -
Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
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Utah Jan. 4, 1896
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Population in 1900
76.2 Million People -
1901 - Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds
about 19000 built -
Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
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1902- Teddy Bear - Morris Michtom
The name Teddy Bear comes from former United States President Theodore Roosevelt,
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Population in 1910
92.2 Million People -
New Mexico
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17th Amendment
Established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, allowing for State legislatures to permit their governors to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held. -
16th Amendment (Income Tax)
The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.
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Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
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1914 - 1918 World War 1
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18th Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, along with the Volstead Act, which defined "intoxicating liquors" to exclude those used for religious purposes, established Prohibition in the United States.
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Population in 1920
106 Million People -
19th Amendment
prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. -
Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
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1927 - Kool Aid
To reduce shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack, leaving only a powder this powder was called kool aid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid -
1928 - Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble”
One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum, and stretched more easily http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum -
1928 - Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse -
Population in 1930
123 Milion People -
20th Amendment
The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices. It also deals with scenarios in which there is no President-elect. The Twentieth Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945
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21st Amendment
he transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. -
1938 - Soft Serve Ice Cream
Over Memorial Day weekend of 1934, Tom Carvel, the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise, suffered a flat tire in his ice cream truck so he pulled into a parking lot and began selling his melting ice cream to people driving by. -
Population in 1940
132 Million People -
1948 - Video Game
a "Cathode ray tube Amusement Device" was filed for a patent on January 25, 1947 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game -
Population in1950
151 Million People -
1950 - 1953 Korean War
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22nd Amendment
The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for the President of the United States. The Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947. It was ratified by the requisite number of states on February 27, 1951 -
Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961
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1956 - Video Tape
a videotape is a recording of images and sounds on to magnetic tape as opposed to film stock or random access digital media. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_tape -
Alaska
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Population in 1960
179.3 Million People -
23rd Amendment
permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. It was ratified March 29th, 1961 -
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
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24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964 -
1964 - Buffalo Wings
A Buffalo wing, hot wing or wing is a chicken wing section (drumette or flat) that is traditionally fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_wings -
1965 - CD
the Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD -
25th Amendment
Deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. -
Population in 1970
203 Million People -
26th Amendment
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution limited the minimum voting age to no less than 18. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War and to partially overrule the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell. It was adopted on July 1, 1971. -
1973 - Cel Phone
a mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_phone -
Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977
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Population in 1980
226.5 Million People -
Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989
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1983 - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System -
Population in 1990
248.7 Million People -
1990-1991 Persian Gulf War
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27th Amendment
prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives. It is the most recent amendment to the United States Constitution, having been ratified in 1992. -
William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001
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Population in 2000
281.4 Million People -
2003: Invasion of Iraq
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Barack Hussein Obama, 2009-
fires african american president -
Population in 2010
308.7 Million People
