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Columbus, Spanish, Columbian Exchange
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1492
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First permanent English colony: Jamestown
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1607
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First slaves in Jamestown & House of Burgesses
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1619
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Plymouth founded (Puritans) in New England
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1620
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Bacon's Rebellion
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1676
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Pueblo Revolt
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1680
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French and Indian War begins (7 Years' War)
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1754
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Treaty of Paris ends the 7 Years' War, Pontiac's Rebellion, & Proclamation Line
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1763
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Stamp Act, first direct tax, "no taxation without representation"
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1765
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American Revolution begins; Lexington and Concord, Second Continental Congress; Articles of Confederation
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1775
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense & the Declaration of Independence
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1776
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Treaty of Paris: end of American Revolution & beginning of U.S. under Articles of Confederation
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1783
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Northwest Ordinance & Constitution
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1787
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Constitution ratified by 9 states & takes effect
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1788
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Bill of Rights added to Constitution
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1791
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First Two-Party System, Hamilton vs. Jefferson
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1790s
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Election of Thomas Jefferson
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1800
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Louisiana Purchase, Marbury v. Madison
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1803
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Slave importation ends (Slavery Compromise 1789)
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1808
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War of 1812 begins
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1812
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Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812; Hartford Resolutions arrive in D.C., end of Federalist Party, beginning of Era of Good Feelings
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1815
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Missouri Compromise
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1820
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Monroe Doctrine
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1823
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"Corrupt Bargain" election, beginning of Democratic Party (pro-Jackson movement)
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1824
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Andrew Jackson elected, Era of the Common Man
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1828
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Second Two-Party System, Jackson vs. Clay
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1820s-1830s
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Election of Polk; Manifest Destiny
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1844
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Mexican-American War begins
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1846
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican Cession, end of Mexican-American War; Seneca Falls Convention
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1848
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Compromise of 1850
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1850
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Kansas Nebraska Act; Republican Party
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1854
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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1857
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Election of Abraham Lincoln, secession begins
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1860
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Beginning of Civil War, Battle of Fort Sumter
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1861
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