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1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
 Christian Sommerkorn
 b.1705 Pumptow, Prussia
 d.1757 Pumptow, Prussia
 Gottfried Sommerkorn
 b.1732 Pumptow, Prussia
 d.1775 Pumptow, Prussia
 Dorothee Wullstross
 b.1707
 d.         
 Christian Friedrich Sommerkorn
 b.1774 Pumptow, Prussia
 d.1850 Fuerstensee, Prussia
 Anna Sophia Brunkow
 b.         
 d.         
 Carl Friedrich Sommerkorn
 b.1800 Fuerstensee, Prussia
 d.         
 Ernst Moldenhauer
 b.1733 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia
 d.1812 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia
 Christine Moldenhauer
 b.1774 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia
 d.1849 Fuerstensee, Prussia
 Elisabeth Wellmann
 b.1738
 d.1784 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia