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1066

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Battle of Hastings ( Normandy’s William )

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711

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Moors reach Spain via Morocco

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1095 / 1145

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1st crusade / 2nd crusade

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1492

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Columbus sails ocean blue -

Moors defeated by Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain

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1588

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British defeat Spanish Armada

Elizabeth 1 / sir Frances drake / Phillip 2

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1607

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Settlement of Jamestown VA

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1620

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Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock MA

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1717

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Lady Montagu develops smallpox vaccine at court of Ottoman Empire

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1776

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American colonists declare independence from Britain

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9
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1789

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French Revolution

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1796

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Edward Jenner develops and coins “ vaccine “ for smallpox

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1803

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(Jefferson’s) LA purchase from napoleon’s France
Doubles size of USA
(Manifest destiny) as well as when worlds population reached it’s first billion people .

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12
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1830’s

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Cyrus McCormack invented reaper , trains made transportation & communication easier /
Samuel morse invented telegraph

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1854

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Dr. John snow discovers cure for

Cholera - leads to sanitation

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14
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1860’s

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Civil war

  • Lincoln was 16th president of USA
  • industrial revolution begins
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1869

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Transcontinental railroad finished
( golden spike - promontory , UT)
Suez Canal formally opened nov. 17
(100 miles long connecting by way of 3 natural lakes , gulf of sues & Indian Ocean)

16
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1885

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Dr Joseph lister develops surgical antiseptic (carbolic acid)

17
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1896

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Plessy v ferguson
-supreme court rules
“ separate but equal “

18
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1898

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Spanish-American war fought in 3 months.

American acquires Philippines , Cuba , Puerto Rico , and Guam

19
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1914-1918

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The great war

20
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1917

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Bolshevik revolution Len by Vladimir Lenin

  • overthrow Romanov dynasty
  • communism beings ( lasts until 1991)
21
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1920

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Women in America receive suffrage

22
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1928

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Dr . Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

23
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1929

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October - Black Thursday -

Stock market crash started worldwide depression

24
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1939-1945

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World war 2

25
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1948

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Allies create state of Israel on Palestinian lands

26
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1950-1953

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Korean War

- beginnings of the Cold War

27
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1954

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Brown v board of education

  • Supreme Court ruling reversing Plessy v ferguson
  • integration begins
28
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1960’s

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Civil rights movement / beginnings of Vietnam

29
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1989

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Perestroika - Berlin Wall falls

30
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1991

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Fall of USSR , desert storm

31
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1996

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Monsanto patents life , beginning of GMO

32
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2001

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War on terror

NSA spying begins

33
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2008

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1/2 of all earths residents now reside in cities

34
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2011

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World population hits 7 billion

American Cultural Literacy Dates (2 decks)

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