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41 Cards in this Set
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Columbus discovers the New World - lands in San Salvador
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1492
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Jamestown Colony was founded
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1607
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Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock (Mayflower Compact)
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1620
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First Thanksgiving by the Pilgrims
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1621
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Dutch bought Manhattan ($24 worth of trinkets, beads & rum)
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1626
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Puritans settled in Massachusetts Bay
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1630
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The Stamp Act
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1765
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Boston Tea Party
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1773
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Paul Revere's ride
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1775
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Revolutionary War ended
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1783
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US Constitution written
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1787
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George Washington becomes 1st president
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1789
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Bill of Rights is written
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1791
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Louisiana Purchase from France ($15 million given to Napoleon)
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1803
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Lewis & Clark Expedition begins (Sacajawea)
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1804
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At war with British who tried to stop our trade (Francis Scott Key writes national anthem)
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1812-1815
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California Gold Rush
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1849
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Civil War began with the firing on Fort Sumpter
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1861
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General Lee surrenders
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1865
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France gives Statue of Liberty to USA
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1876 - France
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Spanish-American War
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1898
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Orville & Wilbur Wright take their flight
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1903
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Henry Ford's Model T
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1908
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World War I
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1914 - 1918
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Treaty of Versailles ends WW I
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1918
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Stock market crashes - Great Depression follows
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1929
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Roosevelt introduces "The New Deal"
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1933
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The Great Dust Bowl
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1934
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World War II begins
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1939
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor & US joins WW II
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1941
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In its first all-out raid, US bombs Germany
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1943
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D-Day
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June 6,1944
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VJ Day - WW II ends
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1945
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Korean War
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1950-1953
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Vietnam War begins
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1957
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President JFK killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
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1963
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Last of US troops leave Vietnam
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1973
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Nixon resigns due to Watergate Scandal
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1974
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Mt. Saint Helens explodes
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1980
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Communism Falls in European countries
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1990
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Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait - Persian Gulf War
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1991
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