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1763
- French and Indian War ends- Treaty of Paris 1763
- French and Indians vs. British and colonists
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1775
- Battle of Lexington and Concord
- Revolutionary War begins
- April 18th, 1775
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1776-1812
- nationalism
- "Era of Good Feelings"
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1776
Declaration of Independence written and signed
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1781
- Battle of Yorktown, General Cornwallis surrenders to Roshambo because of miraculous convergence
- The British quit the war because they are broke
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1783
- Treaty of Paris, 1783
- British formally recognized Americans independence
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1787
U.S. Constitution written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1791
- Bill of Rights ratified
- mostly written by James Madison
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1812
- War of 1812
- British vs. Americans.2nd Revolutionary War
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1861
- Civil War begins
- sectionalism
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1865
- Civil War ends
- Union vs. Confederates
- slavery banned
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1870
- all men can vote, even former slaves
- 15th amendment
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1896
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- segregation legal
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1920
- women's suffrage
- 19th amendment
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1954
- Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
- segregation illegal
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