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The founding of Jamestown was the first European colony in the New World
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It was the first agreement of self-government to be created in the New World
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It was begun by tensions between the colonists and British soldiers leading to battles.
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The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that the colonies were breaking apart from England and becoming a new country.
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The rebellion led by Shays and farmers who were suffering from high taxes tried to overtake an British arsenal, but failed.
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USA purchases the Louisiana Territory from the French under Thomas Jefferson. It greatly expands the lands that the US owned.
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Lewis and Clark leaves Camp Dubois under the approval of Jefferson to explore the Western lands on the Missouri River.
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The US became protectors of the Americas and if any European countries invaded the countries in the Americas the the US would be involved.
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The Indian Removal Act was signed by Andrew Jackson which relocated the Native Americans further west and it was dubbed "Trail of Tears".
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Texas defeats Mexico in the Texas Revolution. Stephen F. Austin is named the President of Texas.
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First women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. Convention led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Countless settlers from the East travels to California in hopes of striking gold in the booming mines. This causes the West to become more populated.
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Lincoln declares slavery unlawful and the Civil War breaks out between the Union and Confederate.
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre while watching "Our American Cousin" play. This causes great pain to many citizens in the North.
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Thomas Edison publicly displays his carbonized cotton filament light bulb in Menlo Park for the first time.
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US Congress passes the Immigration Act of 1882 to limit the amount of immigration to the US
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Cleveland signs to create North and South Dakota as the 39th and 40th states.
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World War One breaks out because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary which causes countries to make alliances.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first women to fly across the Atlantic.
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The stock market crashes on October 29, 1929 which caused the Great Depression.
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Empire State Building finishes construction and becomes the world tallest building at the time.
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The Japanese launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor thus propelling the US into WWII
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Franklin Roosevelt signs the executive order to send Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
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The Marshall Plan was signed by Secretary of State George Marshall to help reconstruct Europe than punish them like WWI.
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Lee Harvey Oswald shoots Kennedy in a parade at Dallas, Texas. Millions of Americans mourned for a while because of Kennedy's contributions.
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Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
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MLK is killed by James Earl Ray in a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Millions of Americans mourned his death.
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon after flying to it on Apollo 11 with Aldrin and Collins.
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President Nixon resigns due to increasing pressure from the Watergate scandal.
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Sandra O'Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court justice after being nominated by Reagan
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General Noriega takes control of Panama and the US intervenes and takes back control to the people.
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The most traumatic terrorist attack on US soil was on September 11, 2001 when the World Trade Center towers were struck by two planes.
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The stock market fell 777 points which was the largest in history because Congress wouldn't sign the bank bailout bill.
