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Jamestown Founded

1607

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First African Slaves in the Colonies

1619

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Bacon's Rebellion

1676

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First Great Awakening

1730s-40s

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End of French and Indian War

1763

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Declaration of Independence

1776

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End of American Revolution

1783

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Constitution went into Effect

1789

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Articles of Confederation

1781-89

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Constitution Ratified

1788

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Bill of Rights Ratified

1791

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Second Great Awakening

1800-1840

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Revolution of 1800

1800

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Louisiana Purchase and Marbury v. Madison

1803

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Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812

1815

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Missouri Compromise

1820

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Monroe Doctrine

1823

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Jacksonian Democracy and founding of the Democratic Party

1828

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican-American War and Seneca Falls Convention

1848

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Compromise of 1850

1850

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Kansas-Nebraska Act and Founding of the Republican Party

1854

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Lincoln Elected, South Carolina Secedes

1860

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Confederate States of America Established, Civil War Begins, Fort Sumter

1861

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Emancipation Proclamation

1863

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Civil War Ends and Reconstruction Begins, Lincoln Assassinated, 13th Amendment Ratified

1865

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Reconstruction ends with Compromise of 1877

1877

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Chinese Exclusion Act

1882

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act and Battle of Wounded Knee ends Indian Wars

1890

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Plessy v Ferguson and William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan (Populist)

1896

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Spanish-American War

1898

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U.S. Enters World War One

1917

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Treaty of Versailles ends World War One and First Red Scare

1919

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Women's Suffrage (19th Amendment)

1920

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Great Depression Begins with Stock Market Crash

1929

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FDR's "First 100 Days", New Deal goes into effect

1933

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Neutrality Act passed ('35, '36, '37, '38', '39) to keep U.S. out of another European war

1930s

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Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941

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Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan, World War II ends, Unofficial Start to Cold War, 1945-1991

1945

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Truman Doctrine Issued (Cold War Policy of Containment)

1947

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U.S. Joins NATO; China becomes Communist; Soviets Detonate Atomic Bomb

1949

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Korean "War" Begins and Second Red Scare (1950-1954)

1950

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Armistice ends the Korean "War"

1953

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Geneva Accords (Vietnam Split into Two) and Brown v. Board of Education

1954

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

1955

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Cuban Missile Crisis

1962

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MLK's March on Washington and Feminine Mystique Written by Betty Friedan

1963

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Civil Rights Act Passed and Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passed (Vietnam War Officially Begins)

1964

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Voting Rights Act

1965

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Tet Offensive; MLK Assassinated; DNC Convention in Chicago

1968

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Stonewall Riots

1969

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Paris Peace Accords Ends Vietnam War and Roe v. Wade

1973

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Watergate Hearings

1974

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Iranian Hostage Crisis

1979

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Ronald Reagan Elected, “Reagan Era” Begins

1980

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Berlin Wall Comes Down

1989

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First Gulf War and Break-Up of the USSR

1991

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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

1993

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September 11 Attacks Followed by U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan (Don’t Forget)

2001

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Iraq War

2003

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Barack Obama, First African American Elected President

2008