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Columbus lands in what is now the Bahamas, introducing this new land to other explorers.

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

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Jamestown is founded by the English.

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Mayflower sails to Massachusetts bringing many English families.

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French and Indian war Begins

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Washington defeats the 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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War is officially declared between Great Britain and France.

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The British made peace with the Iroquois, Shawnee and Delaware Indians.

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The British capture the French Island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.

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Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada.

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Treaty of Paris: 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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The Stamp act was passed, taxing printed materials such as magazines and newspapers. The British government wanted the colonies to help pay the debts of the French and Indian war but instead it resulted in protests from patriots.

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The Townshend Act was a series of laws passed by the British parliament. After the Stamp Act was repealed, Charles Townshend persuaded the House of Commons to tax the Americans once again. This tax was an import tax on items like glass, paper, lead, and tea. The colonies' response was similar to that of the stamp act. The colonists protested by avoiding buying English products. By 1769 the British merchants were losing sales and the act was repealed in 1770, however the tax on tea remained.

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Boston Massacre

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Boston Tea Party

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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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First abolitionist society was created and Ben Franklin was it’s president.

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Issued Declaration of Independence

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Battle of Trenton

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Battle of Saratoga

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Battle of Rhode Island

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Battle of Charleston

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Battle of Kings Mountain

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Battle of Cowpens

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Battle of Yorktown

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Treaty of Paris signed, ending the war.

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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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Louisiana Purchase-US purchased for 3 cents an acre (828,000 square miles)

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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 Sumter

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

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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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Juneteenth 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.