| Term | Definition |
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1526 |
African Slaves become the first non-native settlers in North America. South Carolina |
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1607 |
Jamestown, Virginia was founded. |
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1619 |
First slave ship(Dutch) arrived in America. |
|
1754 - 1763 |
French and Indian War (7 years war in Europe) |
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1775 |
The American Revolution |
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4 July 1776 |
Declaration of Independence |
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1787 |
US constitution is proposed at a convention |
|
1791 |
Bill of Rights |
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1846-1848 |
War with Mexico |
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1861-1865 |
Civil war |
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1865-1877 |
First Reconstruction - African American get rights |
|
1882 |
Chinese Exclusionary Act |
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1896 |
Plessy vs. Ferguson |
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1914 |
World War I |
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1917 |
Russian Revolution |
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1920 |
19th Amendment ratified; women's suffrage |
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1929 |
The Great Depression |
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1954 |
Brown vs. Board of Education |
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1964 |
Freedom Summer/2nd Construction middle class.. civil obedience |
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1964-1975 |
Gulf on Ton kin Resolution/Vietnam War |
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1965 |
Caesar Chavez |
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1986 |
Iran/Contragate Scandal |
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1565 |
spanish settle st. augustine, florida |
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4 dec 1941 |
U.S. enters WWII |
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1898 |
Spanish American war |