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Aug 1, 1492
columbus sets sail to find a route to the east indies
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Nov 18, 1519
hernando cortes captures tenochtitlan beginning the fall of the aztec empire
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Virginia founded
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Massachusetts founded
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New Hampshire founded
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New York founded
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Marayland founded
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Connecticut founded
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Rhode Island founded
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Delaware founded
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The Carolinas founded
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New Jersey founded
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pennsylvania founded
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Carolinas split into north and south
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Georgia founded
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french and indian war begins at battle of fort necessity
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french troops defeat general braddock
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Quebec surrenders to the British.
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British troops take montreal, ending the french and indian wat in north amereica
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treaty of paris is signed between britain and france ending french and indian war
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sugar act
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stamp act
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Townshend acts
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Father Junipero Serra builds first mission at San Diego
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Boston massacre
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Tea act
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Boston Tea Party
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intolerable acts
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Congress creates the first five executive departments
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Congress passes the Judiciary Act to organize the federal court system
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george washington inaugerated
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The French Revolution begins when an angry mob storms the Bastille
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Congress creates the first Bank of the United States
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French King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette are beheaded
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Britain seizes American ships trading in the French West Indies
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Washington issues the Neutrality Proclamation
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The Whiskey Rebellion
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11th amendment
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12th amendment
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The American ship, the Constitution, battles the British ship, Guerriere, in the north Atlantic near the beginning of the War of 1812
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-Battle of Lake Erie
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British troops capture Washington, DC
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battle of new orleans
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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Britain defeats France in the war in Europe
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Treaty of Ghent signed
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US and Britain reach agreement to jointly occupy Oregon
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missouri compromise
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William Becknell leads group of traders from Missouri to New Mexico
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Stephen Austin is given a land grant and leads settlers into Texas
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nat turners rebellion
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General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna comes to power in Mexico
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Mexican troops begin a siege of the Alamo
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Texans declare independence from Mexico
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Battle of San Jacinto is won by Sam Houston
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Manifest Destiny plays important role in election of James K Polk as President
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compromise of 1850
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harriet beecher stowe's uncle toms cabin
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kansas-nebraska act
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bleeding-kansas
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Dred Scott Decision
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13th amendment
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14th amendment
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15th amendment
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16th amendment
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17th amendment
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18th amendment
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19th amendment
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20th amendment
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21st amendment
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22nd amendment
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23rd amendment
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24th amendment
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25th amendment
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26th amendment
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27th amendment
