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The Yamasee tribe attacked numerous settlements in the South and killed a large number of colonists
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Relations with Carolina and Native Americans returned to normal and trading resumed
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Delaware sold Pennsylvania much more land than anticipated causing many to move west
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Conflict between Britain and France with Britain ending victorious
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Parliament levied taxes on the colonists on sugar
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Parliament restricted colonies from producing paper money
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Colonial leaders joined together against taxes imposed by the British
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Imposed a duty on many documents including newspapers, pamphlets, diplomas, and legal documents
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Declared that the colonists were entitled to all rights possessed by people of Great Britain
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Groups of colonists formed in most colonies to direct and organize resistance
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Added new duties to commons items like lead, glass, paint, and tea
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British soldiers kill five Bostonians
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Imposed a duty when ships unloaded
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Colonists dump 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
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Delegates from every colony but Georgia issue a number of documents that they should have the same right as native Britons
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Skirmishes between colonists and British troops led to full-scale war for independence
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Unanimously elected by Congress as Commander in Chief of the new Continental Army
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British troops and town militia met at the Lexington Green where a single shot started the battle leading all the way to Boston
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Congress approved on July 4, 1776 declaring independence
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On Christmas night, Washington leads his men across the Delaware River in an attempt to surprise the British
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Ratified by the Continental Congress
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Armed men led by Daniel Shays blockaded courthouses to keep judges from issuing foreclosures on farmers
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Established America's federal government and laws and guaranteed certain rights to its citizens
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majority of states ratified the Constitution thus making it effective
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Washington takes the oath of office in New York
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Socio and economic inequality along with economic depression and high unemployment led to the an revolution and execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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Successful slave revolt against French colonial rule in the West Indies
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Protest by farmers and distillers in Pennsylvania of a whiskey tax
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John Jay negotiated for America to remain neutral in the British/French conflict
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Made it easier to produce cotton
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Washington wrote a 32-page address to the American people
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John Adams elected