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Delaware separates from Pennsylvania becoming it own colony.
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The colony of New Jersey is created by conjoining East and West Jersey
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Province of Carolina split into two divisions creating North and Such Carolina.
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Established by James Oglethorpe
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Liberty Bell is cracked for the first time but fixed by 1753
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It was the North American chapter of the Seven Years’ War. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces allied with them
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British troops fire into mob, killing five men which lead to intense public protest.
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Group of men disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and dumped more than 300 crates of tea overboard protesting the British Tea Tax.
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Arranged to meet in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony besides Georgia.
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also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and (only) thirteen British colonies on the North American continent. Foreign nations, including France and Spain, later allied with the American colonists and still later declared war on Britain.
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Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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Continental Congress adopts the first U.S. Constitution.
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With the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain finally acknowledged their Independence, causing the war to come to an end.
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Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina protest the high state taxes.
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Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia to draft the Constitution.
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George Washington is unanimously elected in a vote by state electors.
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Gather for the first time in New York City and hears it first case in the 2 years to follow.
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The first 10 Amendments were ratified.
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Eli Whitney invented the Gin highly increasing the demand for slave labor.
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John Adams is inaugurated as the second president.