Sometimes, you will find distinct years during which a surprisingly lot of key events developed (which is how some authors end up writing books when the year date is half or the many title). All the better if there are numerous important, somewhat 'logical' connections amongst them. EXAMPLE: 1831 (the name of one particular books, incidentally) was the year of the Nat Turner rebellion, the establishment of Bill Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist magazine *The Liberator* (the start of a new phase in the abolitionist movement), and the year Virginia SERIOUSLY considered an idea for gradual emancipation (very last time any Southern state did so). In this case, it doesn't matter if these are DIRECTLY related to the other -- you can see that they all handled the same issue (so that it a convenient "WATERSHED" year)You could also sometimes find it convenient to just Select a year, almost arbitrarily, and learn a few key things about that... so you can join other years an their events for it. For example, in American History it helps remember who was President at the time of various events (perhaps for events not connected to him). So, you might start start by making sure you know who was elected President just about every twenty years (1800, 1820, etc), then work from there. Actually, in this case, if you are capable to learn the order and terms of a lot to all, it's a great assist in remembering many other elements. And there are a good number of tricks folks have applied for quickly learning this stuff. (This alone may make it advisable to work on -- the point, again, is to get some major pieces as EASILY and firmly since you can, as your framework.) My kids learned a large number of this from the Scholastic Publication *Yo, Millard Filmore! *3) Work on picking up more date-connections "as people go". That is, WHENEVER you are studying a selected subject area and should learn ABOUT some major events, remember to make the point of observing exactly how that date is connected on time (and, if possible, logically) with OTHER events you've come across.
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