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1400 BCE
prehistory
Native Americans crossed the land bridge through Beringia into North America an estimated 15,00-20,000 years ago. -
1492
Columbus reaches the Bahamas- 1492
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Jamestown
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Plymouth
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Stamp Tax
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King Phillip's War
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Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre
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1st Continental Congress
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independence
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United States Constitution signed
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Missouri Compromise
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Trail of Tears
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Mexican War
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Gold Rush begins
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Kanas-Nebraska Act
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American Civil War
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Homesteading the plains
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Reconstruction
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Cattle drives in Great Plains
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Alaska Purchased
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Suez Canal opens
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First transcontinental railroad
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Plain Wars
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Jim Crow Laws created
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U.S. gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islands
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Hawaii becomes U.S. possesion
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United States has become a world power
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U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction
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Spanish-American War