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1000 – Vikings led by Leif Erickson found Vinland in Newfoundland start learning
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Vikings led by Leif Erickson found Vinland in Newfoundland
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Oct, 12 1492 – Columbus discovers America start learning
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Columbus discovers America
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1497 – John Cabot reaches Newfoundland start learning
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John Cabot reaches Newfoundland
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1513 – Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain start learning
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Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain
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1536 – Jacques Cartier explores Canada start learning
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Jacques Cartier explores Canada
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1539-42 – Hernando de Soto explores the South Francisco start learning
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Hernando de Soto explores the South Francisco
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1540 – Vasquez de Coronado reaches New Mexico start learning
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Vasquez de Coronado reaches New Mexico
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1607 – Jamestown, Virginia start learning
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1608 – Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec start learning
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Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec
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1624 – the English capture New Amsterdam and Fort Orange start learning
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the English capture New Amsterdam and Fort Orange
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1681 – William Penn founds Pennsylvania start learning
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William Penn founds Pennsylvania
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1718 – New Orleans founded by the French start learning
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New Orleans founded by the French
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1733 – James Oglethorpe founds Savannah in Georgia start learning
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James Oglethorpe founds Savannah in Georgia
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1741 – Vitus Bering discovers Alaska start learning
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Vitus Bering discovers Alaska
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1756-63 – French and Indian War start learning
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start learning
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start learning
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start learning
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1775-83 – American War of Independence start learning
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American War of Independence
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July 4, 1776 – Declaration of Independence start learning
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Declaration of Independence
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1777 – Battle of Saratoga start learning
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1781 – Battle of Yorktown start learning
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1787 – Northwest Ordinance start learning
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1787 – The United States Constitution signed start learning
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The United States Constitution signed
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1793 – Cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney start learning
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Cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney
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1800 – Washington D.C. becomes the capital start learning
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Washington D.C. becomes the capital
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1803 – Marbury vs. Madison start learning
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1803 – Louisiana Purchase start learning
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1804-06 – Lewis and Clark expedition start learning
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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1812-15 – Second War of Independence start learning
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Second War of Independence
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1814 – The Star Spangled Banner written start learning
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The Star Spangled Banner written
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1815 – Battle of New Orleans start learning
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1819 – Acquisition of Florida start learning
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1820 – Missouri Compromise start learning
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1830 – Indian Removal Act start learning
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1836 – Battles of Alamo, San Jacinto, Texas becomes a republic start learning
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Battles of Alamo, San Jacinto, Texas becomes a republic
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Dec 29, 1845 – Texas joins the Union start learning
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1848 – Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo start learning
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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1854 – Kansas - Nebraska Act start learning
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1861-65 – American Civil War start learning
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January 1, 1863 – Emancipation Act start learning
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1863 – Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg start learning
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Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
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1865-77 – the Reconstruction start learning
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March 30, 1867 – Alaska Purchase start learning
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1876 – Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone start learning
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Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone
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1876 – Battle of Little Bighorn start learning
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1896 – Plessy vs. Ferguson start learning
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1898 – Spanish-American War start learning
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1898 – Annexation of Hawaii start learning
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1914 – Panama Canal built start learning
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Jan 18, 1918 – 14 Points of Woodrow Wilson start learning
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14 Points of Woodrow Wilson
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1929-late1930s – Great Depression start learning
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March 1941 – Lend-Lease Act start learning
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Aug 1941 – Atlantic Charter start learning
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Dec 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor start learning
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June 6, 1994 – Operation Overlord start learning
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December 1944 – Battle of the Bulge start learning
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1945 – Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa start learning
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Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
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Aug 6 and 9, 1945 – Hiroshima and Nagasaki start learning
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