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Henry Hudson
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Smallpox epidemic
Smallpox epidemic wipes out 90% of the Native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area. -
The Puritan expedition
The Puritan expedition which left England for the New World -
The Indian Massacre
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Maryland is founded as a Catholic colony
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Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Rhode Island passes the first law restricting slavery
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Bacon's Rebellion causes the burning of Jamestown
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poor people riot in Philadelphia
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Baltimore is established in Maryland
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Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanack.
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Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War
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Stamp Act repealed
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Articles of Confederation
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France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States
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John Adams is appointed to negotiate peace with England.
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The final battle of the Revolutionary War
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Fugitive Slave Act passed
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the US
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Logan Act
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Library of Congress founded
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Thomas Jefferson inaugurated(first term)
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Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
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U.S. slave trade with Africa ends
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Missouri admission to the US
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Texas War for Independence begins
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William Henry Harrison Sr. inaugurated
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Mexican-American War begins
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Zachary Taylor inaugurated
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Millard Fillmore inaugurated
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California admission to the US
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Battle of Gettysburg West Virginia admission to the US
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Civil Rights Act of 1866 Ku Klux Klan founded
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Nebraska admission to the US Alaska Purchase from Russia
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Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated
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Red River Wars