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England reunites the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey as the Province of New-Jersey |
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William Penn grants the three lower counties on the Delaware River their own General Assembly, making Delaware a semi-autonomous region of the Province of Pennsylvania, November 1704 July 4, 1776 |
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The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland unite to become the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 1, 1707. England's colonies become British colonies. |
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France cedes l'Acadie to England with the Treaty of Utrecht, April 11, 1713 |
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King George II of Great Britain grants James Oglethorpe a charter for the Province of Georgia, April 21, 1732 |
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Spain establishes El Presidio Reαl San Ignacio de Tubac in Sonora y Sinaloa (now Arizona), June 2, 1752 |
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The Kingdom of Great Britain and the British Empire adopt the Gregorian calendar, September 14, 1752 |
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Britain orders all French Acadians to leave Nova Scotia in Le Grand Dιrangement, August 11, 1755 |
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Spain establishes El Presidio Reαl de San Diego in California, May 14, 1769 |
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British troops kill five civilians in Boston on March 5, 1770 |
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Spain establishes colony of Las Californias, June 3, 1770 March 26, 1804 |
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Spain establishes El Presidio Reαl de San Carlos de Monterey on June 3, 1770 |
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The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Massachusetts Government Act on May 20, 1774 |
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The Massachusetts Provincial Congress is organized on October 7, 1774, in response to the Massachusetts Government Act |
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American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 September 3, 1783 |
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The Province of New Hampshire adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Hampshire, January 5, 1776 |
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The Province of South Carolina adopts a constitution for an independent State of South Carolina on March 15, 1776 |
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The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 4, 1776 |
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The Colony of Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on June 18, 1776 |
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The Colony of Virginia adopts a constitution for an independent Commonwealth of Virginia on June 29, 1776 |
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The Province of New Jersey adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Jersey on July 2, 1776 |
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The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776 |
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The Republic of New Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on January 15, 1777 |
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The Republic of New Connecticut changes its name to Vermont on June 2, 1777 |
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Spain establishes El Presidio Reαl de San Francisco de Asis in Las Californias, September 17, 1776 |
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English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands which he names the Sandwich Islands, January 18, 1778 |
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The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts takes effect on October 25, 1780, changing the name of the State of Massachusetts Bay. |
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Spain establishes El Presidio Reαl de Santa Barbara in Las Californias, April 21, 1782 |
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The Philadelphia Convention writes a new Constitution of the United States, May 25, 1787 September 17, 1787 |
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The Congress of the Confederation organizes the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, July 13, 1787 |
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The State of Delaware becomes the 1st state to ratify the US Constitution on December 7, 1787[1] |
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania becomes the 2nd state to ratify the US Constitution on December 12, 1787[1] |
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The State of New Jersey becomes the 3rd state to ratify the US Constitution on December 18, 1787[1] |
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The State of Georgia becomes the 4th state to ratify the US Constitution on January 2, 1788[1] |
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The State of Connecticut becomes the 5th state to ratify the US Constitution on January 9, 1788[1] |
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts becomes the 6th state to ratify the US Constitution on February 6, 1788[1] |
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The State of Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the US Constitution on April 28, 1788[1] |
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The State of South Carolina becomes the 8th state to ratify the US Constitution on May 23, 1788[1] |
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The US Constitution takes effect when the State of New Hampshire becomes the 9th state to ratify the document on June 21, 1788[1] |
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The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the US Constitution on June 25, 1788[1] |
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The State of New York becomes the 11th state to ratify the US Constitution on July 26, 1788[1] |
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A new government under the US Constitution comes into being on March 4, 1789 |
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George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States on April 30, 1789[1] |
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The State of North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the US Constitution on November 21, 1789[1] |
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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations becomes the 13th state to ratify the US Constitution on May 29, 1790[1] |
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The Vermont Republic is admitted to the Union as the State of Vermont (the 14th state) on March 4, 1791 |
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The United States sells the Erie Triangle to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 3, 1792 |
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The District of Kentucky of the Commonwealth of Virginia is admitted to the Union as the Commonwealth of Kentucky (the 15th state) on June 1, 1792 |
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The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, February 7, 1795 |
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The Territory South of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Tennessee (the 16th state) on June 1, 1796 |
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John Adams becomes the 2nd President of the United States on March 4, 1797 |
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The Republic of Iraq invades the State of Kuwait, August 2, 1990 |
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The United States and allies invade Kuwait and Iraq, February 24, 1991 |
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The United States and allies enforce a no-fly zone over Iraq north of the 36th parallel north, April 7, 1991 December 31, 1996 |
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War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 1, 1992 December 14, 1995 |
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The United Nations airlifts humanitarian aid to Bosnia and Hercegovina, July 2, 1992 January 9, 1996 |
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NATO enforces ban on unauthorized military flights over Bosnia and Hercegovina, April 13, 1993 August 30, 1995 |
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NATO bombs Bosnian Serb Army in Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 30, 1995 September 20, 1995 |
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The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, May 5, 1992 |
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The United States and allies enforce a no-fly zone over Iraq south of the 32nd parallel north, August 27, 1992 September 4, 1996 |
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Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd President of the United States on January 20, 1993 |
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The United States contributes troops for United Nations peacekeeping in Macedonia, July 9, 1993 |
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The United States and allies invade Haiti, September 19, 1994 March 31, 1995 |
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NATO bombs the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, March 24, 1999 June 10, 1999 |
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The United States and allies enforce an expanded no-fly zone over Iraq south of the 33rd parallel north, September 4, 1996 April 30, 2003 |
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Al-Qaeda simultaneously bombs United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, August 7, 1998. The car bombs kill 223 people and injure more than 4000. |
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The United States and the United Kingdom bomb Iraq, December 16, 1998 December 19, 1998 |
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The United States House of Representatives impeaches President Bill Clinton, December 19, 1998 |
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The United States Senate acquits President Bill Clinton, February 12, 1999 |
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The United States transfers ownership of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama, December 31, 1999 |
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Al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole at Aden in Yemen on October 12, 2000. |
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George W. Bush becomes the 43rd President of the United States on January 20, 2001. |
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Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. |
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The United States and allies invade Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. |
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President George W. Bush declares Iran, Iraq, and North Korea to be the "Axis of Evil" on January 29, 2002. |
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Hurricane Katrina strikes Florida on August 25 and Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29, 2005. Subsequent failure of drainage canals floods 80% of New Orleans. |
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Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009. |
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The United States and allies enforce no-fly zone over Libya beginning March 19, 2011. |
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Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda and the mastermind of the September 11 attacks is killed in Pakistan by Navy Seals. |
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Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. |
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The COVID-19 Pandemic shuts down most businesses and activities, arriving January 13, 2020. |
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