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Vikings led by Leif Erickson found Vinland in Newfoundland

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1000

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Columbus discovers America

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1492

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John Cabot reaches Newfoundland

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1497

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Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain

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1513

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Jacques Cartier explores Canada

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1536

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Hernando de Soto explores the South

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1539-41

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado reaches New Mexico

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1540-42

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Roanoke

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1585

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Jamestown, Virginia

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1607

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Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec

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1608

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The Mayflower

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1620

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The English capture New Amsterdam and Fort Orange

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1664

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William Penn founds Pennsylvania

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1681

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New Orleans founded by the French

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1718

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James Oglethorpe founds Savannah in Georgia

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1733

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Vitus Bering discovers Alaska

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1741

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French and Indian War

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1754-63

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Battle of Quebec

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1775

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Treaty of Paris

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1783

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Boston Massacre

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1770

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Boston Tea Party

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1773

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American War of Independence

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1775-83

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Declaration of Independence

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1776, July 4th

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Battle of Saratoga

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1777

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Battle of Yorktown

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1781

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Treaty of Paris

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1783

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Northwest Ordinance

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1787

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The United States Constitution signed

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1787

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Bill of Rights

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1791

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Cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney

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1793

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Washington D.C. becomes the capital

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1800

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Marbury vs. Madison

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase

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1803

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Lewis and Clark expedition

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1804-06

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Second War of Independence

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1812-15

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The Star-Spangled Banner written

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1814

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Battle of New Orleans

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1815

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Acquisition of Florida

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1819

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Missouri Compromise

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1820

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Monroe Doctrine

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1823

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Indian Removal Act

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1830

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Battles of Alamo, San Jacinto, Texas becomes a republic

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1836

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Texas joins the Union

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1845

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Mexican War

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1846-48

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Oregon Treaty

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1846

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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1848

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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1854

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American Civil War

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1861-65

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Emancipation Proclamation

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1863

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Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

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1863

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The Reconstruction

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1865-77

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Alaska Purchase

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1867

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Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone

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1876

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Battle of Little Bighorn

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1876

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Wounded Knee Massacre

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1890

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1896

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Spanish-American War

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1898

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Annexation of Hawaii

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1898

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