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1
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Pre-Columbus

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Native Americans

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1492

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Columbus arrives in the Western Hemisphere

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1607

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Jamestown founded

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4
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1619

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First group of blacks brought to Virginia

First legislative assembly meets in Virginia

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5
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1620

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First Pilgrims in Plymouth

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1630s - 1640s

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Great Puritan Migration to Massachusetts Bay

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1756 - 1763

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French and Indian War

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1773

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Boston Tea Party

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1775 - 1783

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American Revolutionary War

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1776

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Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Declaration of Independence (Jefferson, Adams, Franklin)

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1781

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Articles of Confederation ratified

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1789

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U.S. Constitution (Madison and Hamilton)
George Washington Becomes President
French Revolution Begins

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1791

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Bill of Rights

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase (Jefferson, Lewis and Clark)
Marbury v. Madison

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1823

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Monroe Doctrine

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1845

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Texas Annexation

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1846-1848

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US/Mexican War

18
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1840s

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Maifest Destiny
Telegraph and railroads create a communications revolution

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1850

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Compromise of 1850
California admitted to the union
Fugitive Slave Law strengthened

20
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1854

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Kansas - Nebraska Act
Republican Party formed

21
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1861-1865

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Civil War
(Lincoln)

22
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1869

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Transcontinental Railroad completed

23
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1876

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End of Reconstruction
Battle of Little Big Horn

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1883

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Railroad companies divide nation into four time zones
Pendleton Civil Service Act

25
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1890

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Sherman Anti- Trust Act
Massacre at Wounded Knee

26
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1898

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War with Spain
Hawaii annexed

27
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1904-1914

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Panama Canal Built

28
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1914-1918

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World War 1
U.S. troops occupy Vera Cruz

29
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1920s

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Jazz Age/Roaring Twenties

30
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1920

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Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote
First radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh

31
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1929-39

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Great Depression

32
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1939-45

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World War ll

33
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1947-91

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Cold War
- Korea (1950-53)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) (JFK)
- Arms Race, Space Race (Man on moon by 1969)
- Vietnam (1954-1973) (Johnson)

34
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1954

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Brown v Board of Education

35
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1955 - 65

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Civil Rights Movement

36
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1972 - 74

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Watergate
- (Nixon)

37
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1979 - 81

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Iran Hostage Crisis (Carter)

38
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1820

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Missouri Compromise

39
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1849

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California Gold Rush

40
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1906

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Pure Food and Drug Act