AMERICAN HISTORY
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Updated: 28 Nov 2017
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Created byMiluna Patterson
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1492
Chrispher Columbus discovers America1765
March 22: The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament.1766
1766 March 18. Stamp Act repealed
January: New York assembly refuses to fully enforce the Quartering Act.
August: Violence breaks out in New York between British soldiers and members of the Sons of Liberty.1768
July: Merchants in Boston and New York boycott British goods
September: English warships sail into Boston Harbor leaving two regiments of English troops to keep order.1770
March: "The Boston Massacre" - Four workers shot by British troops in Boston1773
December 16: The Boston Tea Party - Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest against the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.5/9-26/10/1774
First Continental Congress10/5/1775 - 3/1781
Second continental congress1789
First President of the US is George Washington 1789-17971803
Louisiana Purchase Treaty1807
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves1808
U.S. slave trade with Africa ends1812
War of 1812 begins1914
WW1 started 28 July 1914 – 11 November 19181919
Treaty of Versailles1939
Germany invades Poland; World War II begins1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor
U.S. enters World War II1945
U.S. takes Okinawa. U.S. joins the United Nations. Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Germany and Japan surrender, ending World War II1946
The Cold War began between the United States and the Soviet Union1955
Warsaw Pact
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