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Jamestown is founded. Jamestown is the first successful English colony in the New World.
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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...
(Pictured: George Washington during the French and Indian War -
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In an attempt to protest the newly enacted Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty dump case after case of tea into the Boston Harbor.
