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Corn is developed as a staple crop in highland Mexico

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ca 5000

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First humans cross into Americas from Asia

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ca. 33,000-8,000 B.C.E.

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First civilized societies develop in the Middle East

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ca. 4000 B.C.E.

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Corn planting reached present day American Southwest

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ca. 1200 B.C.E.

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Norse voyagers discover and briefly settle in. or theaters North America

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ca. 1000 c.e.

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Corn cultivation reaches Midwest and southeastern Atlantic seaboard

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ca. 1000 c.e.

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Height of Mississippian settlement at Cahokia

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ca. 1100 c. e.

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Christian crusades arouse European interest in the East

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ca. 1100-1300 c. e.

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Marco Polo returns to Europe

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1295

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Spain becomes united

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late 1400s

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10
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Dias rounds southern tip of Africa

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1488

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Columbus lands in the Bahamas

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1492

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Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal

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1494

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Da agama reaches India

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1498

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Cabot explore northeastern coast of North America for England

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1498

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Balboa claims all lands touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain

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1513

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Ponce de León explores Florida

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1513, 1521

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Cortes conquers Mexico for Spain

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1519-1521

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Magellan’s vessel completes circumnavigation of the world

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1522

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Verrazano explores eastern seaboard of North America for France

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1524

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Pizarro crushes Incas

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1532

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Cartier journeys up the St. Lawrence River

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1534

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De Soto explores the Southeast and discovered the Mississippi River

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1539-1542

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Coronado explores present day Southwest

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1540-1542

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Cabrillo explores California coast for Spain

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1542

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Spanish build fortress at St. Augustine

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1565

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Iroquois Confederacy founded, according to legend

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late 1500s

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Spanish under Oñate conquer Pueblo peoples of Rio Grande valley

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ca. 1598-1609

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28
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Spanish found New Mexico

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1609

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29
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Pope’s rebellion in New Mexico

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1680

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30
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French expedition down Mississippi River under LaSalle

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1680s

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Serra founds first California Mission, at San Diego

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1769

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32
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Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

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1558

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33
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England crushes Irish uprising

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ca. 1565-1590

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34
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Drake circumnavigates the globe

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1577

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35
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Raleigh founds “lost colony” at Roanoke Island

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1585

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36
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England defeats Spanish Armada

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1588

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37
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James I becomes king of England

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1603

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38
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Spain and England sign peace treaty

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1604

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39
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Virginia colony founded at Jamestown

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1607

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40
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Rolfe perfects tobacco culture in Virginia

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1612

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41
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First Anglo-Powhatan War ends

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1614

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42
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First Africans arrive in Jamestown

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1619

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43
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Virginia House of Burgesses established

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1619

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44
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Virginia becomes royal colony

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1624

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45
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Maryland colony founded

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1634

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46
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Large scale slave labor system established in English West Indies

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1640s

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47
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Second Anglo Powhatan war

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1644

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48
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Act of Toleration in Maryland

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1649

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49
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Charles 1 beheaded, Cromwell rules England

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1649

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50
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Charles II restored to English throne

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1660

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51
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Barbados slave code adopted

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1661

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52
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Carolina colony created

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1670

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53
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Tuscarora War in North Carolina

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1711-1713

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54
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North Carolina formally separates from South Carolina

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1712

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55
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Yamasee War in South Carolina

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1715-1716

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56
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Georgia colony founded

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1733

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57
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Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation

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1517

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58
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John Calvin of Geneva publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

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1536

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59
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Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay

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1620

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60
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Dutch found New Neatherland

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1624

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61
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Charles I dismisses parliament and persecutes Puritans

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1629

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62
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Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony

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1630

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63
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Roger Williams convicted of heresy and founds Rhode Island colony

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1635-1636

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64
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Connecticut and New Haven colonies founded

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1635-1638

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65
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Pequot War

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1637

66
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Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts Colony

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1638

67
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Connecticut’s Fundamental orders drafted

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1639

68
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English Civil War

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1642-1648

69
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New England Confederation formed

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1643

70
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William Bradford completes Of Plymouth Plantation

A

1650

71
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New Netherlands conquered New Sweden

A

1655

72
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England seizes New Netherland from Dutch

A

1664

73
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East and West Jersey colonies founded

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1664

74
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King Philip’s war

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1675-1676

75
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William Penn founds Pennsylvania colony

A

1681

76
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Royal authority creates Dominion of New England

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1686

77
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Glorious revolution overthrows Stuarts and Dominion of New England

A

1688-1689

78
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Britain vetoes South Carolina anti slave grade measures

A

1760

79
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Paxton Boys march on Philadelphia

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1764

80
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Brown College founded

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1764

81
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Rutgers College founded

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1766

82
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Regulator Protests

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1768-1771

83
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Dartmouth College founded

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1769

84
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Edict of Nantes (repealed in 1685)

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1598

85
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First Africans arrive in Virginia

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1619

86
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Population of English colonies in America about 2,000

A

1625

87
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Harvard College founded

A

1636

88
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Half way covenant for Congregational Church membership established

A

1662

89
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Virginia assembly disfranchises landless freemen

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1670

90
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Bacon’s rebellion in Virginia

A

1676

91
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Mass expansion of slavery in colonies

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1680s

92
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Leisler’s Rebellion in New York

A

1689-1691

93
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Salem witch trials in Massachusetts

A

1692

94
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College of William and Mary founded

A

1693

95
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Royal African Company Slave trade monopoly ended

A

1698

96
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Population of English colonies in America about 250,000

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1700

97
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New York City slave revolt

A

1712

98
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South Carolina slave revolt

A

1739

99
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Yale College founded

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1701

100
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Smallpox inoculation introduced

A

1721

101
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First edition of Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack

A

1732

102
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Jonathan Edwards begins Great Awakening

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1734

103
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Zenger free-press trial in New York

A

1734-1735

104
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George Whitefield spreads great awakening

A

1738

105
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Princeton College founded

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1746

106
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Champlain colonies Quebec for France

A

1608

107
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Louis XIV becomes king of France

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1643

108
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La Salle explores Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico

A

1682

109
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King William’s War (War of the League of Augsburg)

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1689-1697

110
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Queen Anne’s War (War of Spanish Succession)

A

1702-1713

111
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French found New Orleans

A

1718

112
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War of Jenkin’s Ear

A

1739

113
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King George’s War (War of Austrian Succession)

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1744-1748

114
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Washington battles French on frontier

A

1754

115
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Albany Congress

A

1754

116
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Seven Year’s War (French and Indian War)

A

1756-1763

117
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Braddock’s defeat

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1755

118
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Pitt emerges as leader of British government

A

1757

119
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Battle of Quebec

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1759

120
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Peace of Paris

A

1763

121
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Pontiac’s Uprising

A

1763

122
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Proclamation of 1763

A

-_-

123
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First navigation laws to control colonial commerce

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1650

124
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Board of Trade assumes governance of colonies

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1696

125
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Seven Year’s War (French and Indian War) ends

A

1763

126
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Sugar Act

A

1764

127
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Quartering Act

A

1765

128
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Stamp Act

A

1765

129
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Stamp Act Congress

A

1765

130
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Declatory Act

A

1766

131
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Townshend Acts

A

1767

132
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New York legislature suspended by parliament

A

1767

133
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British troops occupy Boston

A

1768

134
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Boston Massacre

A

1770

135
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All Townshend Acts except tea tax repealed

A

1770

136
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Committees of Correspondence formed

A

1772

137
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British East India Company granted tea monopoly

A

1773

138
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Governor Hutchinson’s actions provoke Boston Tea Party

A

1773

139
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Intolerable Acts

A

1774

140
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Quebec Act

A

1774

141
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First Continental Congress

A

1774

142
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The Association boycotts British goods

A

1774

143
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Battles of Lexington and Concord

A

1775

144
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Second Continental Congess

A

1775

145
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Americans capture British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point

A

1775

146
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Battle of Bunker hill

A

1775

147
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King George III formally proclaims colonies in rebellion

A

1775

148
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Failed invasion of Canada

A

1775

149
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Paine’s Common Sense

A

1776

150
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Declaration of Independance

A

1776

151
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Battle of Trenton

A

1776

152
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Battle of Brandywine

A

1777

153
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Battle of Germantown

A

1777

154
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Battle of Saratoga

A

1777

155
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Formation of French-American alliance

A

1778

156
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Battle of Monmouth

A

1778

157
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Clark’s victories in the West

A

1778-1779

158
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Battle of King’s mountain

A

1781

159
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Battle of Cowpens

A

1781

160
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Greene leads Carolina campaign

A

1781

161
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French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown

A

1781

162
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North’s ministry collapses in Britain

A

1782

163
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Treaty of Paris

A

1783