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Date |
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| 1 | 1686 | - 1686—1686: King James II established the Dominion of New England
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| 2 | 1718 | - 1718—1718: New Orleans founded by the French
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| 3 | 1733 | - 30 Jul 1733—30 Jul 1733: The first Freemasons lodge opens in what will become the United States of America.
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| 4 | 1760 | - 1760—1767: Seven Years' War – French and Indian War
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| 5 | 1771 | - 8 Sep 1771—8 Sep 1771: Fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera found Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in what is now San Gabriel, California.
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| 6 | 1775 | - 1775—1783: American Revolution
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| 7 | 1792 | - 1792—1792: The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
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| 8 | 1800 | - 1800—1810: Height of the Atlantic slave trade to the United States.
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| 9 | 1812 | - 1812—1812: The United States declared war on Britain in the War of 1812
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| 10 | 1819 | - 14 Dec 1819—14 Dec 1819: Alabama is admitted as the 22nd U.S. state
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| 11 | 1824 | - 1824—1824: Florida State Capitol moves from St. Augustine, Florida to Tallahassee, Florida
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| 12 | 1830 | - 1830—1830: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded by Joseph Smith.
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| 13 | 1846 | - 1846—1848: Mexican-American War
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| 14 | 1850 | - 1850—1850: Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods.
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| 15 | 1860 | - 1860—1865: The American Civil War
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| 16 | 1876 | - 1876—1876: The prototype telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
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| 17 | 1881 | - 1881—1881: Sioux chief Sitting Bull leads the last of his fugitive people in surrender to United States troops.
- 1881—1881: James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States assassinated.
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| 18 | 1886 | - 1886—1886: Earliest commercial automobile is invented.
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| 19 | 1898 | - 1898—1898: Spanish-American War
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1829 - 1905 (76 years)
