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1
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First colonies

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1492 christopher columbus, several million native Americans

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2
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1620

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Pilgrim fathers (puritans), Mayflower, colony of Plymouth

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3
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13 colonies

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Early 18th

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4
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First revolt in the colonies

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1765, against british taxes : sugar coffee wine

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5
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Boston tea party

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1773, no taxation without representation

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6
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Suspension of trade with britain

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1774

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7
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Declaration of independence

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1776

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8
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Treaty of versailles

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1783 end of war of independence, patriots (washington) vs loyalists.
Britain recognizes independence

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9
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Am constitution

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1787, federal gvt established

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10
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First prsdt

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George washington 1789

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11
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Bill of rights

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1791, ten amendments to the constitution : freedom of speech, press, worship

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Lousiana purchase

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1803, bought to france. X2

Beginning of westward mvt (until 1890)

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13
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Lewis and clarke expedition

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1804-06 : explore west to the pacific

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14
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Congress bans importation of slaves

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1808

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15
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Monroe doctrine

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1823 no interference in Euro affairs, anti colonialism

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16
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Indian Removal Act

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1830, relocate west of Mississippi

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17
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Gold rush

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1849, california, westward expansion, manifest destiny

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18
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Abraham lincoln psdt

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1860

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19
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Civil war

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1861-65

11 southern states (Confederate, for slavery sucede) vs north (Union, abolitionists, industry, free trade)

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20
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Emancipation Proclamation

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1863

Lincoln declares all slaves are free. British and French side with Union

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21
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End of civil war

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1865
North wins, 13th amendment, abolishing slavery.
Lincoln assassinated

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22
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Reconstruction

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1865-77

Rebuilt south destroyed, black have full citizenship, resentment from southern whites

23
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15th amendment

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1870 : black people voting rights

24
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Jim Crow laws

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1870
Racial segregation in schools, buses, public places
ku Klux

25
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Growing resistance of indians

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1876, battle of little big horn, forced into reservations

26
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Industrial growth, urbanisation

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1879

27
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Creation of Am Federation of Labour

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1886

28
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Progressive Era

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1901-1917
Roosevelt, Wilson
Reforms for social equality, higher education, preserving natural sites

29
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Usa enters WW1

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1917

US ships drowned by German submarines, 100 000 lose life

30
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Women right to vote

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1920

31
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Prohibition

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1920s, leads to bootlegging

32
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roaring Twenties, Jazz age

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1920-1929
Prosperity, consumerism, cars, radio
=> lost generation (fitzgerald, hemingway) concerned with materialism, decline of morals

33
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Indian citizenship act

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1924

34
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New Deal

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1932
Roosevelt, boost economy, create jobs
Social and eco reforms
=> effective until war

35
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Enters ww2

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1941
Bombing at Pearl Harbor
Mass production of tanks, planes, military equipment

36
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Uno created

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1945

37
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Marshall plan

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1947

Financial and material help to countries fighting communism

38
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Cold war

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1950s

39
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Creation of Nato

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1949

Alliance between us and western euro countries in case of soviet aggression

40
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Korean war

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1950-53

North - USSR / South - US

41
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Segregation in oublic school unconstitutional

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1954

42
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Montgomery bus boycott

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1956

Segregation on buses protest,lead to desegregation on buses

43
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Kennedy prsdt

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1960-63
The “New Frontier” : end segregation, help the poor
Welfare measures

44
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Invasion of cuba

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1961

Failure, castro

45
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Johnson psdt

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1963

Kennedy assassinated, fight poverty, health insurance and aid to education

46
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Martin luther king

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1963

Civil rights march, washington, against segregation and inequality

47
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Civil Rights Act

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Abolishes segregation, but riots in big cities

48
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Vietnam war

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1964-1973
60 000 americans died, retreat
Anti war demonstrations

49
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Ronald reagan psdt

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1980-88
Conservative and liberal policies
Tax cuts for companies, boost production, cuts in gvt spending and social welfare

50
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End of cold war

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1989, fall of the Berlin wall

51
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Gulf war

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1991

Against iraq, forced the iraq forces to withdraw from kuweit

52
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Bill clinton pst

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1992-2000

Social reforms, reduces deficit and unemployment

53
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Axis of evil

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2002

State of union, bush said North Korea, Iraq, Iran were an axis of evil threatening world peace, must disarm them

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