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Christopher Columbus introduced land to other Europeans and paved the way for Exploration.

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Amerigo Vespucci discovers the new continent and names it South America.

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Jamestown is settled by the English.

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Mayflower sails to Massachusetts bringing many English families.

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1752 – 1753 – Agitation grows: Tension grows between France and England over land and trading claims.  Minor skirmishes break out.

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French and Indian War begins.

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Washington defeats French in a surprise attack (the first battle) and builds Fort Necessity.

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The French take Fort Necessity

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The Boston tea party

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The Coercive acts

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First continental congress

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Lexington and Concord

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Second continental congress

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Continental Army established

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Bunker hill

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Battle of Quebec

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Issued Declaration of Independence

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Trenton battle

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Saratoga battle

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battle of rhode island

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battle of charleston

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Battle of King mountain

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Battle of cowpens

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Battle of Yorktown

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Treaty of Paris signed-ending of the war

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US purchased for 3 cents an acre

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First abolitionist society was created and Ben Franklin was its president.

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First US president: George Washington

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Fugitive Slave Act - Runaway slaves could be captured and hanged.

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2nd President- John Adams

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Treaty of San Ildefonso- France acquired Louisiana from Spain

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3rd president- Thomas Jefferson

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United States bans slave trade

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4th president- James Madison

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5th president John Quincy Adams

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Andrew Jackson- known for inventing democracy and “indian removal”

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Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which was a trade agreement to kick natives out of their land and remove them to a different part of the US.

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Trail of Tears- 15,000 natives were sent along a trail over 5,000 miles. At least 3500 died.

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Enactment of the second fugitive slave act.

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Abraham Lincoln- 14th president of the US.

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Confederate States are formed-  South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina

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Jefferson Davis is appointed president of the confederate states.

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Civil War begins with the battle of Fort Sumte

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Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation stating that all enslaved people are to be free

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All French possessions east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans, are given to the British.  All French possessions west of the Mississippi are given to the Spanish. France regains Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia.

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General Simon Bolivar Buckner enters into terms for the surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi

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Civil War officially ends when the terms of the surrender are agreed upon.

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uneteenth is now a federal holiday that marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed.

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US purchased for 3 cents an acre

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letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada.