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Yale College is founded in Connecticut; named originally as the Collegiate school at Saybrook.
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Known as the third Indian war. Was a war for control of America between French, Spanish and English colonists.
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The first issue of the News-Letter, the first regular newspaper, is printed in Boston.
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The Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 are passed by the House of Burgesses consolidating slavery.
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Founded by British colonists for Tabacco trade.
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A war between the Tuscarora people and the colonists of North Carolina each with their respective allies.
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23 Slaves revolt in New York City
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A Series of peace treaties that brought an end to Queen Anne's War.
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A war between South Carolina Colonists and the Yamasee as well as other allied indigenous people.
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A series of battles that took place between the England colonies and the Wabanaki Confederacy with French allies.
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Founded by the British colonists at what was the Port of Baltimore.
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A series of Christian revivals that took place across the colonies.
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The Province of Georgia is founded by General James Oglethorpe for Great Britain
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A slave rebellion that took place in South Carolina.
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The comprehensive Negro Act of 1740 was passed in South Carolina in response to the Stono Rebellion.
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The Naturalization Act 1740 is passed to allow protestant colonists to become British after meeting set conditions.
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A plot by slaves and poor white men to raze New York City to the Ground
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A war between France And England in North America.
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The New England Collonies with Britians help took Louisbourg.
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Brought an end to King George's War and restored Louisbourg to France.
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A war between the colonies of France against the colonies of England each with their indigenous allies.
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Meeting of the representative of the 13 colonies to discuss issues with Indians and the french.
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The French took Fort William Henry
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A pivotal point in the Seven Years War where the British gain control of Louisbourg.
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Resulted in a British Victory at Fort Duquesne
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Britain took Quebec from the French.
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The war between a group of American Indians led by Pontiac and the colonies.
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Brought an end to the French and Indian War.
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Issued by King Gorge. It forbade settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Parliament of Great Britain passed this act to raise funds after the French Indian War.
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Parliament of Great Britain passed this act also to raise funds by regulating paper currency in the colonies.
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A parliament passed act that directly taxed the colonies requiring printed material to be stamped and duty paid.
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Passed by Britain to force colonies to house British soldiers.
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A Series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to what they believed as an unjust act, the Stamp Act.
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A meeting of colonial representatives to protest the taxation without representation.
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adopted in the Stamp Act Congress
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The Parliament passed act stating the parliament's power was the same in the colonies as it was in Britain.
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A series of acts passed by the British parliament
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A clash between the Sons of Liberty and the British in New York City.
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British soldiers shot and killed several people in a mob in Boston.
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Samual Adams organizes the Committees of correspondence
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The Tea Act 1773 passed by parliament to help the British East India Company get rid of its surplus of tea.
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Protest by the Sons of Liberty to the Tea Act taking place in Boston.
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A series of Acts passed by parliament to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
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A meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies representatives to discuss how to respond to Britain.
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A petition sent from the First Continental Congress to the king to repeal the intolerable acts.
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the Continental Marines are established by the Second Continental Congress
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First military engagement of the Revolutionary War
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Meeting of representatives from the 13 colonies, function as the national goverment.
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Created by the Second Continental Congress to explain why the colonies had to take up arms.
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The Continental Army is formed
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The final attempt by the Second Continental Congress to avoid war with Great Britan
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A Formal assertion of Independence by the Secon Continental Congress
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The formal declaration adopted by the Second Continental Congress
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American defeated by the British
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A pivotal battle in the revolution where George Washington's crosses the Delaware River.
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A small victory for the Colonials
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Vermont declares itself an independent country and drafts this constitution.
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British victory, the longest single-day battle of this war
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Two battles take place and give a decisive victory to America. Also gained America the French as an ally.
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Two treaties signed by France and America. France recognizes America's independence and forms and alliance.
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A major engagement between British and America resulting in a British victory.
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British Surrender
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The first Bank of America is Charted by Congress
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The Treaty of Paris is sined, ending the Revolutionary war.
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an armed rebellion in Western Massachusetts against the government collecting taxes in the debt crisis.
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Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey ratify the Constitution
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Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New York ratify the Constitution
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The 1st United States Congress begins
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George Washington is inaugurated as the first president
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The first major piece of legislation passed after the constitution is ratified.
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Established the federal judiciary of the United States
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Congress approves twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution
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North Carolina ratifies the constitution
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The Second Great Awakening begins in the United States, set about social reform.
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Bill of Rights is Rattified
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Signed by America and Britain to avoid war and fix issues that were not resolved in the Treaty of Paris of 1783
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John Adams is elected the second president of the US