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Thanksgiving
The pilgrims had their first Thanksgiving with the Indians; it lasted 3 days -
King Philip's War begins
Bloody conflict between English colonists and Indians -
Stamp Act passed
Taxed almost everything printed on paper (newspapers, legal documents, even playing cards) -
Declaration of Independence
The day that the U.S. declared their independence from England -
Treaty of Paris
British and Americans sign official peace agreement -
The Constitutional Convention
55 delegates from every state except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia -
Adams-Onis Treaty signed
Ceded the territory of Florida to U.S.; included firm boundary between Mexico and U.S. -
Martin Van Buren goes into office
Presidential term crowded by depression -
Compromise of 1850
5 laws passed to ease concerns of slavery -
union railroad began construction from omaha NB
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Battle of Gettysburg
3 days of fighting became the 2nd turning point of the war -
USA buys alaska from russia
This purchase cost $7,000,000 and was known as seawards folly -
Plessy vs. Fergeson
Sepreate but equal precedent established, seperation of facillites was leagal as long as they were equal. -
spanish american war
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Scopes trial
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Great depression begins when the stock market crashes
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Fall of Berlin
Hitler commits suicide, berlin surrendered may 2, 1945, one of the bloodiest battles ever -
Atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima
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Bay of Pigs
1500 cuban exiles trained by CIA tryed to satage an invasion and overthrow Castro, the small force was crushed -
MLK jr. was assinated
James Earl Ray shot MLK at Lorraine Motel, Ray was found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in jail
