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21 Cards in this Set
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Columbus lands in Bahamas
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1492
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Cortes conquers Mexico
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1519-1521
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Iroquois Confederacy is founded
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late 1500s
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Raleigh founds Roanoake
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1585
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Jamestown is founded
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1607
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first Africans arrive in Jamestown
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1619
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House of Burgesses is established
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1619
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Mayflower arrives at Plymouth
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1620
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King Philip's War
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1675-1676
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Bacon's Rebellion
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1676
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Salem Witch Trials
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1692
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Royal African Trade Company's monopoly ends
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1698
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French and Indian War
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1754-1761
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Boston Massacre
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March 5, 1770
townspeople attack redcoats, who fire on them 11 killed/wounded |
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Boston Tea Party
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December 16, 1773
Bostonians dump tea in harbor |
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1st Continental Congress
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1774
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Lexington and Concord
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1775
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2nd Continental Congress and Olive Branch Petition
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1775
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Declaration of Independence
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July 4, 1776
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General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
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1781
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
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1783
British recognizes USA as independent |
