Outline of events 1550-1900

Outline of Events 1550-1900

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1565 First permanent European colony in the present-day US: St Augustine, Florida (Spanish)

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1584-1590 Walter Raleigh’s attempt to colonize Roanoke

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1607-1609 English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia

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1619 The first African slaves are bought by the Virginia colonists

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1620 Mayflower, Pilgrim Fathers reach New England and found Plymouth

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1664 The English capture New Amsterdam from the Dutch, rename it New York

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1689-1697 The French defeated in King William’s War

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1698-1702 French settlement in Louisiana

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1702-1713 The French and Indians defeated in Queen Anne’s War

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1718-1722 The Spanish occupy Texas

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1743-1748 King George’s War against the French and Indians

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1754-1763 The French and Indian War: the French are expelled from North

America

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1764 The Sugar Act begins British attempts to increase taxes on the colonials

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1773 The Boston Tea party

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1774 The first Continental Congress is held

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1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord: beginning of the Revolutionary War

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1776 Declaration of Independence

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1783 Britain recognizes US independence

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1787 Opening of the Constitutional Convention

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1787-1788 States ratify the Constitution

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1789 George Washington is elected the first president of the USA

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1789 The first Congress meets

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1789 The Bill of Rights is ratified

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1800 Washington DC becomes the US capital

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1804-1806 Lewis and Clark’s transcontinental expedition

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1808 Importation of slaves is outlawed

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1811 Tecumseh’s confederation broken at the Battle of Tippecanoe

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1812-1815 War of 1812 with Britain

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1821 Austin leads American settlers to Texas

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1830 Indian Removal Act

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1835-1836 Texan War of Independence

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1838 Cherokee Trail of Tears

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1843 Whitman leads first settlers on the Oregon Trail

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1846-1848 The Mexican War

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1849 California Gold Rush

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1854 Commodore Perry’s trade treaty with Japan

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1859 John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry

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1861-1865 The Civil War

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1865 President Lincoln is assassinated

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1865 13th Amendment abolishes slavery

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1866 Civil Rights Act

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1867 The US buys Alaska from Russia

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1868 President Johnson is impeached by Congress

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1869 The first transcontinental railroad is completed

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1872 The first national park is created (Yellowstone)

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1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn

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1886 American Federation of Labor is formed

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1890 “Battle” of Wounded Knee ends the Indian Wars

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1895 Venezuela Boundary Dispute: first effective application

of the Monroe Doctrine

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1896 Klondike Gold Rush

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1898 Hawaii is annexed

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1898 Spanish-American War