| Term | Definition |
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1526 |
African Slaves beomce first non-native settlers in North Carolina |
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1565 |
The Spanish establish a Fort on St Augustine Florida |
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1607 |
Jamestown Virgina founded |
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1619 |
First slave ship arrived in America (Dutch) French and Indian War |
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1754-1763 |
French and Indian War |
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1775 |
American Revolution |
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1776 |
Declaration of Independence |
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1787 |
US constitiution is proposed at convention |
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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 |
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1882 |
chinese exclusion act |
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1896 |
plessy vs Ferguson |
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1898 |
spanish American war |
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1914 |
world war 1 |
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1917 |
Russian Revolution |
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1920 |
19th amendment ratified; women's suffrage |
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1929 |
Great Depression |
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1941 |
US enters WW2 |
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1954 |
Brown vs Board of education |
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1964 |
Freedom Summer/2nd reconstruction |
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1964-1975 |
Gulf on Ronkin Resolution/vietnam war |
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1965 |
ceasar chavez |
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1986 |
Iran/contragate scandal |