Settlement of Jamestown

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Settlement of Jamestown
May 14,1607
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Tobacco is introduced to Jamestown
1612
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Proclamation Line of 1763
October 7, 1763
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Stamp Act
November 1, 1765
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Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
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Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
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Fighting erupts at Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775
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Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
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Washington crosses the Delaware
December 25, 1776
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Battle of Saratoga
October 7, 1777
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Winter at Valley Forge
December, 1777
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Battle of Yorktown
October 19, 1781
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Treaty of Paris 1783
September 3, 1783
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Shays Rebellion
January, 1787
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Constitutional Convention
May 25, 1787
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Constitution is adopted
September 17, 1787
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George Washington becomes the 1st President
April 30, 1789
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Samuel Slater installs first mill in America
1793
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Cotton Gin is invented by Eli Whitney
March 14, 1797
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Jefferson is elected as the 3rd President
February 17, 1801
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Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1803
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Corps of Discovery returns after journey
September 23, 1806
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War of 1812 begins
June 18, 1812
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Missouri Compromise
January 26, 1820
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Nat Turner Rebellion
August 21, 1831
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Telegraph is invented
January 6, 1835
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Battle of the Alamo ends
March 6, 1836
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Oregon Trail begins
1843
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Texas becomes a state
December 29, 1845
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Mexican American War begins
April 25, 1846
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Gold discovered in California
January 24, 1848
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California becomes a state
September 9, 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
May 30, 1854
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John Brown raid at Harpers Ferry
October 16, 1859
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Lincoln becomes the 16th President
March 4, 1861
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Shots fired at Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
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First Battle of Bull Run
July 21, 1861
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Battle of Antietam
September 17, 1862
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Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862
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Battle of Gettysburg
July 1, 1863
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Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
April 12, 1865
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Lincoln is assassinated
April 14, 1865