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Beginnings
*Colonial settlement
1607: Jamestown, Virginia, settlement established
1620-30: Pilgrims and Puritans founded the New England colonies
1757: New Yorkers rioted against British policies -
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The American Revolution
1770: British troops fired on Boston protesters
1775: American Revolution began
1776: Declaration of Independence was published
1783: The Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the US -
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The New Nation
1787: Constitution replaced the loose league of states under the Articles of Confederation
1789: George Washington took office as president; Federalists and Anti-Federalists competed in Congress
1808: Congress outlawed the import of African slaves
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National Expansion and Reform
1815-25: Industrialization started
1820s-1840s: social + utopian reform movements spread
1820s-1880s: about 16 million Europeans + smaller numbers of Asian + Latinos immigrated in the second wave
1831-8: Native Americans were removed from the South
1830s: Democratic Party emerged + competed with the Whigs
1845-8: Annexation of Texas, California & the Southwest
1850s: Antiforeign "nativist", abolitionist + pro-slavery movements dominated US politics; Republican Party emerged -
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Civil War and Reconstruction
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Rise of Industrial America
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Progressive Era to New Era
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Great Depression and World War II
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Post War United States