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Queen Anne's ware was another French and Indian War that was fought under the rule of Queen Anne.
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The First regular newspaper was printed in Boston by John Campbell.
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British troops begin a 9-day siege on a French Held fort, Port Royal in Nova Scotia. The British capture the fort at the end of the siege.
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George Washington was born
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Freedom of press is recognized in New York
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The first battle of King George's War begins with a raid by New French against the British port of Canso. The four-year conflict against northern British colonies takes a heavy toll after battles in Maine, at Fort Massachusetts, and in Saratoga, New York.
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Ben Franklin Invents the Lightning Rod.
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George Washington and his troops attack Fort Duquesne
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The British placed taxes on all types of paper. The paper required a special stamp from the government on it to prove the taxes have been paid on it.
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Stamp Act is repealed after the colonist attacked the stamp issuer in the colonies.
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The Townshend act is placed on various commodities
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The sugar act is placed on various commodities in the colonies.
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The Boston massacre occurs where British soldiers shot colonist including the first casualty named Crispus Attacks
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The Townshend act is repealed except for the tea as a show of power over the colonists.
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Samuel Adams starts planning the committee of correspondence meeting.
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The first meeting of the colonists trying to decide what to do about the tea problem.
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Josiah Quincy and Samuel Adams decided to board three British ships and dump all the tea aboard the ship. They did so dressed as Indians.
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The port of Boston is closed in response to the dumping of the British tea into the harbor previously.
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The intolerable acts included the quartering act which allowed Britain to force colonists to house British troops free of charge.
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The First Continental Congress addressed the issues of the act and called for the colonies to boycott all British goods.
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The Continental Congress appoints George Washington as the Commander-in-Chief of the continental army.
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Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet called common sense which was a resistance pamphlet against the British government.
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The Declaration of Independence was sent to the King Declaring the colonies free of British rule.
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General Washington crosses the Delaware River with his 2,400 troops to attack and defeats 1,400 hessian soldiers. In the first Battle of Trenton.
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General Washington and the 7,000 man Continental Army defeats British General Charles Cornwallis at Princeton, New Jersey.
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The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as their flag.
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union are adopted by the Continental Congress in Independence Hall. It serves as the first constitution of the United States.
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The French recognize the confederacy as an independent nation. They begin to assist the Americans in the battle against the English, which is a major turn in the war.
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French sign the treaty of amity and commerce with the U.S. formally recognizing the independence of the states.
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Georgia is lost to the British
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The Bank of North America is incorporated in Philadelphia by an act of Congress to help stabilize the issuance of paper currency. It was capitalized in 1781 with $400,000.
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The British start to withdraw their forces from North America.
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The British recognize American independence informaly and signs a temporary treaty.
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In Paris, France, John Adams leads an American delegation and signs the peace treaty officially ending the Revolutionary War between the United States and Britain.
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Shay and other poor in-debt farmers revolt against the U.S A state-militia is employed to defeat the rebels who are placed in jail.
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George Washington is selected unanimously by the electoral college to serve as the first United States president.
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Delegates at the Constitutional convention decide to adopt the constitution.
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The Federal Judiciary Act is passed creating the Supreme Court.
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The bill of Rights is put into effect.
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George Washington is elected as president for a second term.
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The Cotton Gin is patented by Eli Whitney.
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Western Pennsylvania farmers rebel against a tax that was passed on liquor. The are suppressed by a militia to show that the federal government is indeed in power.
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George Washington gives his final address as president warning against political parties large public debt, etc.,
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The electoral college decides that John Adams will serve as the second president of the United States.
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Four bills that state it is unlawful to speak maliciously of the United State government.
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George Washington passes away at his estate in Virginia.