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1607

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Jamestown founded

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1620

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pilgrims arrive

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1730-1760

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First Great Awakening

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1754-1763

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Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War

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1775-1783

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Revolutionary War

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1787

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Constitutional Convention

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1793

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Cotton Gin invented

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1800

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Jefferson defeats Adams: ends Federalist Era

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1812-1814

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War of 1812

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1820

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Missouri Compromise

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1824

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“Corrupt Bargain” election Adams over Jackson

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12
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1840

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Whigs win under Harrison

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13
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1846-1848

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Mexican War

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1850

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Compromise of 1850

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1854

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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1860

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Election of Lincoln

17
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1861-1865

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Civil War

18
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1869

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Completion of Transcontinental railroad

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1877

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Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction

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1883

A

Civil Rights cases of 1883

21
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1887

A

Interstate commerce act passes

22
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1896

A

McKinley over Bryan and Populists/Democrats

23
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1898

A

Spanish American war

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1912

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Wison over TR and Taft

25
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1914-1918

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WW1

26
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1917-1918

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US involvement in WW1

27
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199

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October stock market crash

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1939-1945

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WW11

29
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1941

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December 7 Pearl Harbor bombed

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1950-1953

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Korean War

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1960

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Kennedy defeats Nixon

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1963

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November 2nd, Kennedy assassinated

33
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1965

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Vietnam Escalation / Voting Rights bill passes (end of civil war era)

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1968

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Tet offensive / death of king RFK / Election of Nixon / Tigers win world series

35
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1973

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US forces leave vietnam

36
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1974

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Nixon resigns

37
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1980

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Reagan defeats carter