1745 - 1813 (68 years)
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| 1 | 1898 | - 15 Feb 1898: USS Maine explodes,The USS Maine battleship exploded in Havana Harbor, leading to the Spanish-American War.
- 21 Apr 1898: Spanish-American War begins,The United States declared war on Spain.
- 13 Aug 1898: Spanish-American War ends,The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the war and ceding territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
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| 2 | 1900 | - 14 Dec 1900: Hawaii annexed,The United States officially annexed Hawaii.
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| 3 | 1901 | - 14 Sep 1901: Theodore Roosevelt becomes President,Theodore Roosevelt became president after the assassination of President William McKinley.
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| 4 | 1903 | - 1 Jan 1903: Wright brothers' first flight,Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered, controlled, and sustained flight of an aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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