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The first edition of the first regular paper is posted in Boston, Massachusetts.
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It was recognized officially on this day in New York.
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General George Washington attacks the French's Fort Duquesne
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The French cedes Canada and the Midwest to the English to end the war.
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On this day the sugar act, which was the first of a successive line of acts to tax the colonists for the French and Indian War, is passed
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British troops open fire on protesting American citizens
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On the night of April 18, 1775, lanterns are hung to warn Patriots about the incoming British
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Thomas Jefferson and several others write the Declaration of Independence
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On this day, the Treaty of Paris is signed
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The U.S. Constitution is ratified by New Hampshire, which was the 9th state to do so
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Washington is unanimously elected first president.
