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The Collegiate School is created by the passing of a charter for creating a school -
San Antonio's first mission and presidio are established. -
The renewed interest of piety and religious devotion swept across North America's colonies, bringing about new ideas and beliefs regarding spirituality and freedoms -
Olgethorpe founded the Province of Georgia (Georgia colony) as a haven for debtors and a place without slavery, yet the British see it as a buffer colony against the Spanish. -
The Treaty of Paris effectively ends the Seven Years War. The expenses of this war continue to lead to the American Revolution -
This was the first direct tax on colonists, and colonists objected their lack of representation in Parliaments decisions -
The Spanish create a fort and mission, which later leads to the San Diego settlement -
A group of colonists surrounded British soldiers, yelling and throwing objects at them. The British soldiers fired into the crowd, killing 3 people, and effectively beginning much of the strong anti-British sentiment in New England. -
These battles are considered the official beginning of the American Revolution. -
Thomas Jefferson and others drafted this document, which declares independence from Great Britain completely. -
After the end of the war, the American revolutionaries create this document for the union they wished to create. The new states ratified the Articles in February. -
The first ten amendments to the Constitutions are created as a way to limit governmental power