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| first event in Bay history |
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| asteroid hits at mouth of Bay |
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| what started happening 18,000 years ago |
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| ice caps started melting, sea level started rising |
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| when did native Americans arrive to the Bay |
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| when did the Bay shoreline resemble start to resemble shoreline of today |
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| what crops did the native Americans grow? |
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| corn, squash, beans, tobacco |
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| why did the Bay's rivers start to get shallow? |
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| sediment from erosion from farming |
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| what is the name of the canal found at the northern end of the Bay? |
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| What is the name of the dam at the end of the Susquehanna River? |
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| what caused the native American populations to decrease |
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| war with colonists and disease brought over by colonists |
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