f	American Revolution
o	Quebec Act
r	Plymouth Plantation, Mayflower Compact
(	Massachusetts Bay Colony
v	introduction of slavery
a	Bread Colonies, taken from the Dutch, created from New Netherland
r	treaty of Paris, Royal Proclamation
n	Stamp Act
=	Townsend Acts
0	Boston Massacre
;	Tea Act, Boston Tea Party
n	war breaks out, Lexington and Concord
<	Declaration of Independence
a	Articles of Confederation
l	Land Ordinance
l	Northwest Ordinance
;	Delaware ratifies as the first state
n	Louisiana Purchase
+	Lewis and Clerk expedition
+	Missouri Compromise
)	Texas annexation
{	Mexican-American War
i	California Compromise
n	Kansas-Nebraska Act
p	Civil War begins
u	attack on Fort Sumter
t	battle of Antietam
y	Civil War ends, gen Lee surrenders