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Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan Island
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Outbreak of the Franco-Indian War
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The Boston Massacre
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Declaration of Independence
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Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
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Treaty of Paris establishes the independence of the United States
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George Washington presides Constituent Convention, meeting in Philadelphia
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The Bill of Rights is approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification
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Kentucky becomes the fifteenth state
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Construction of the United States Capitol begins
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Thomas Jefferson elected to serve as third president of the United States
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Ohio becomes the 17th state
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Failure of democratic revolutions in Europe triggers increased immigration to the United States
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Abraham Lincoln elected to serve as president
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Bull Run, first great battle of the American Civil War
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The southern states separate from the Union
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Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Completion of the transcontinental railway
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Year of the Rise of Immigration from Europe to the United States
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Women campaign for the right to vote
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The nineteenth amendment is ratified, giving women the right to vote
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The United States enters World War II
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Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the Moon
