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Juan de Onate
De Onate claimed what is now New Mexico as New Spain and established the town of Santa Fe. He was a harsh ruler. When the local natives refused to provide supplies for the soldiers a fight broke out. In retaliation De Onate's soldiers killed 800 natives, enslaved the women and children, and amputated the left foot of men over the age of 25. -
French fur trade
In 1605 Samuel de Champlain first founded Port Royal, and later founded Quebec. These settlements were established as centers to trade with Native Americans for furs. The fur trade eventually extended from the Great lakes region, south along the Mississippi River, creating the French Crescent. -
Jamestown
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First Africans arrive
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House of Burgesses
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Harvard established
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Halfway Covenant
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Salem Witch Trials
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Great Awakening Begins
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Stono Rebellion
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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French and Indian War begins
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Albany Plan
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Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War
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Pontiac's Revolt
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Proclamation of 1763
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Proclamation of 1763
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Sons of Liberty
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Townshend Duties
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Dickinson's "Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer"
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Boston Massacre
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Gaspee Incident
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Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress
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Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill
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Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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Saratoga
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Valley Forge
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Franco-American Alliance
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Articles of Confederation
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Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
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Land Ordinance
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Shays' Rebellion
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Constitutional Convention
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Northwest Ordinance
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Federalist Papers
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Constitution ratified
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French Revolution begins
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Washington elected
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Judiciary Act
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First Bank of the United States chartered
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Bill of Rights approved
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Proclamation of Neutrality
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Cotton Gin patented
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Jay Treaty
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Treaty of Greenville
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Pinckney Treaty
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Adams elected president
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XYZ Affair
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolves
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Prosser's Rebellion
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Revolution of 1800
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John Marshall becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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Midnight Judges
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Marbury v. Madison
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Louisiana Purchase
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Chesapeake-Leopard Incident
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Clermont-first steamboat
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Embargo Act
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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War of 1812
Causes: British impressment of Americans. Fighting took place primarily on the Great Lakes and in the south.
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Washington burns
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Hartford Convention
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Treaty of Ghent
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Battle of New Orleans
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Panic of 1819
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Missouri Compromise
-Negotiatetd by the "Great Pacifier" Henry Clay
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Monroe Doctrine
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Corrupt Bargain
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Erie Canal opens
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Tariff of Abominations
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Jackson elected
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Joseph Smith establishes the Church of Latter Day Saints
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Jackson vetoes Maysville Road
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William LLoyd Garrison publishes Liberator
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Cherokee v. Georgia
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Nat Turner rebellion
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Jackson vetoes Second Bank
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Nullification Crisis
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Texas War for Independence
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Gag Rule
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Trail of Tears
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Commonwealth v. Hunt
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Texas annexation
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Mexican-American War
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Oregon Treaty
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Fugitive Slave Law
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Cause:Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act negates the Missouri Compromise line and establishes popular soveriegnty in the territorries. Stephen Douglas introduced the bill to Congress; his hope was to build a transcontinetal railroad through the Nebraska territory which would connect with Chicago, increasing his chances for the presidency.One effect of the act was Bleeding Kansas. -
Republican party
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Ostend Manifesto
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Bleeding Kansas
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Lecompton Constitution
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
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Lincoln elected
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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John Kennedy's assassination
JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Power of the media transitioned from newspapers to television, as TV provided around the clock coverage. Lyndon Johnson became president, and quickly escalated the war in Vietnam. -
Nixon resigns
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World Trade Center
