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32 Cards in this Set
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Columbus lands in America
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1492: Europe begins to colonize the Americas
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Jamestown founded
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1607: First permanent English settlement in the Americas
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Mayflower Compact
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1620: Helps establish idea of self-government and majority rule
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King Philip's War
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1675-1676: War between New England colonists and Native Americans allows settlers to expand further into Indian lands
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Bacon's Rebellion
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1676: Earliest rebellion of colonists against English colonial control
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French and Indian War
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1754-1763: British defeat the French and gain control of most of the northern and eastern parts of North America
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First Continental Congress
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1774: First colonial effort to act together to protest English policies; precedent for the first American government
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Battles at Lexington and Concord
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1775: First battles of the American Revolution
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Declaration of Rights signed
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1776: Colonists break away from England
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Articles of Confederation ratified
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1781: Becomes the first American government
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Treaty of Paris signed
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1783: Ends American Revolution
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Shays's Rebellion
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1786-1787: Makes politicians realize that they need a stronger national government
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Constitution ratified
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1788: Becomes blueprint for American government
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Cotton gin invented
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1793: Makes producing cotton much cheaper
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Whiskey Rebellion
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1794: National government proves that it has the power to enforce the laws
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Louisiana Purchase
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1803: More than doubles the size of the country
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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1804: Expedition explores America's new territories
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War of 1812
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1812-1815: America proves it can defend itself
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Missouri Compromise
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1820: Preserves balance between free and slave states
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Monroe Doctrine
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1823: States that Europe should stay out of the Americas
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Tariff of Abominations
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1828: Leads Sountherners to create the doctrine of nullification, an extreme states' rights position
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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1831: Causes Southern states to pass stricter slave laws
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Texas Independence
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1836: Texas revolts from Mexico
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Trail of Tears
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1838: Cerokees forced to move to the West
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War with Mexico
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1846-1848: America acquires much of the Southwest
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California Gold Rush
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1849: Many Americans settle the west coast
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Dred Scott Decision
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1857: Increases tension between North and South
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Lincoln becomes president
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1860: Causes southern states to secede
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Shots fired at Fort Sumter
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1861: Beginning of the Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation
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1863: Freed the slaves in Confederate states
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Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House
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1865: Ends the Civil War
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Reconstruction ends
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1877: White Southerners regain control of their stat governments
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