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Boston Newsletter: founded by John Campbell, the first
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Carolina: divided into North Carolina and South Carolina
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Tea: introduced into American colonies
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Quakers: publicly oppose slavery in the
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Poor Richard's Almanac: published by Benjamin Franklin
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Liberty Bell: placed in the Pennsylvania State House
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Nine of the thirteen colonies ask for a repeal of the Stamp
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Mason Dixon Line: established the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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Boston Massacre: occurs between colonists and British regulars in Boston
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Colonists dress as Indians and throw English tea into Boston Harbor
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The Colonial Militia and British Army start the American Revolution
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Members of the Continental Congress sign the Declaration of Independence
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Articles of Confederation are signed
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Mansker's, Bledsoe's and Asher's forts try and hold off a declared war by the Indians
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Talks of peace begin between Britain and America
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Britain recognizes American Independence
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Constitutional Convention meets for the first time
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Kentucky becomes the 15th state
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Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin
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