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1606

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1620

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1754-1763

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Olive Branch Petition - attempt to make peace with Britain

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France decides to help the colonists

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Establishment of the Articles of Confederation

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Establishment of the Articles of Confederation

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Runs against Hamilton

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Thomas Jefferson

Bought it from France (Napoleon) bc they need war

U.S. pays $15 million

Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea

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protected small countries in South America from Europe

Latin America had gained independence and U.S. did not want them to lose it--U.S. said they had sole control of Western Hemisphere

Expanded by the Roosevelt Corollary

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1820

Trying to decide which new states would have slavery

36th Parallel

Works for 30 years until California

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Andrew Jackson

Sends all the Cherokee Indians west to the Kansas area from Georgia

1/4 of the Indians die

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U.S. incites a war with Mexico

U.S. gains Texas & Mexican Cession (New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, part of Utah)

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1. California is a free state

2. Introduce popular sovereignty (voting on free vs. slave)

3. Fugitive Slave Act (penalties for harboring escaped slaves)

4. Ban slavery in DC

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April 1861

Fort Sumter, SC

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1863

Frees all slaves EXCEPT those in border states

Border States: Missouri, West Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland

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July 1863

Pennsylvania

Turning point!

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Robert E Lee surrenders to Ulysses S Grant; 1865

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Abolishes slavery

1865

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Military sent to South; 5 military districts

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If Republican gets in office, then Reconstruction has to end.

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Rise of Captains of Industry/Robber Barons

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Rise of Captains of Industry/Robber Barons

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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U.S. Gains Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and other territories

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U.S. Gains Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and other territories