Unit | US Simple History ![]() |
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1492 |
[1492] Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas
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1513 |
[1513] Juan Ponce de Leon lands on the coast of Florida.
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1565 |
[1565] Saint Augustine
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1607 |
[1607] Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement
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1619 |
[1619] The House of Burgesses
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1620 |
[1620] The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts
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1664 |
[1664] New York renamed
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1752 |
[1752] Gregorian calendar
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1754 |
[1754] French and Indian War
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1770 |
[1770] Boston Massacre
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1773 |
[1773] Boston Tea Party
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1775 |
[1775] American Revolution
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1776 |
[1776] Declaration of Independence
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1783 |
[1783] Treaty of Paris
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1789 |
[1789] George Washington elected
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1812 |
[1812] War of 1812
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1819 |
[1819] Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States
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1828 |
[1828] First public railroad started
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1845 |
[1845] U.S. annexes Texas
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1846 |
[1846] Mexican War
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1848 |
[1848] Gold is discovered
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1861 |
[1861] Civil War
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1863 |
[1863] Battle of Gettysburg
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1867 |
[1867] U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia
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1898 |
[1898] Spanish-American War
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1906 |
[1906] San Francisco earthquake
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1914 |
[1914] World War I
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1929 |
[1929] Stock market crash, Great Depression
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1939 |
[1939] World War II
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1941 |
[1941] Japan attacks Hawaii, Guam
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1945 |
[1945] Japan's surrender
[1945] United Nations is established
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