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Jamestown is Founded
Jamestown is founded. Jamestown is the first successful English colony in the New World. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War cost the British Empire a lot of money. In response, the King of England places taxes on the colonists. The colonists are not happy...
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
In an attempt to protest the newly enacted Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty dump case after case of tea into the Boston Harbor.
