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The New England colonies and the Wabanaki Confederacy, backed by New France start battling.
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George Washington is born.
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British troops fire into a mob. This pushed the colonist into a rebellion.
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Colonist get angry with the King's taxes on tea and other items. So they dump several dollars worth of tea into the harbor to show their resistance to the taxes.
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The intolerable acts were passed which included the quartering act. This causing colonists to become more resentful towards the crown.
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Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet common sense pleading colonist to turn against the crown and declare independence.
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Thomas Jefferson writes a deceleration of independence to the king stating that we no longer followed his rules.
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Britain finally recognizes America as an independent country.
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George Washington is elected as first president of the United States.
