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Royal Colony of New Jersey established by Queen Anne from separate provinces of East New Jersey and West New Jersey.
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British Troops begin a nine day siege on the French fort, Port Royal in Nova Scotia.
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The Queen Anne's War ends with the French signing a treaty in the series of Treaty of Utrecht to give Nova Scotia to the British
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George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
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Freedom of the Press became recognized in New York.
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First battle of King George's War begins with raid by New French against the British port of Canso.
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Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod
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Battle of Fort Necessity occurs in southwestern Pennsylvania
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France cedes Louisiana to Spain
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French and Indian War ends with peace treaty that cedes Canada and the American midwest to English.
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The Sugar Act places a duty on various commodities, including lumber, food, molasses, and rum in the British colonies.
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After the establishment of the Stamp Act by the British Government on March 22, New York and adopted a Declaration of Rights against taxation without representation.
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Stamp Act is repealed.
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The Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a Boston mob, who were demonstrating against British troops at the customs commission.
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The Townshend Acts, duties on goods such as lead, paper, glass and tea enacted three years earlier, were repealed by British parliament, except for that on tea.
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Samuel Adams writes his Rights of the Colonists document, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting.
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British Parliament closes the port of Boston in response to the Boston Tea Party.
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The Intolerable Acts, requiring colonists allow British soldiers into their homes, are enacted by the British government.
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The First Continental Congress is held in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, protesting the Intolerable Acts.
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Two lanterns were hung from the steeple of Old North Church by sexton Robert Newman as Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night, warning patriots that the British were coming to Concord to destroy arms.
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The Declaration of Independence, from the pen of Thomas Jefferson and his committee, is approved in the Second Continental Congress of the United States of America
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The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag
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Lord North resigns as British Prime Minister, leading the way for a New British cabinet to agree to recognize United States independence.
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he Bald Eagle is adopted by Congress as the national bird.
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British Parliament agrees to the recognition of U.S. independence.
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Congress ratifies the preliminary peace treaty, ending the Revolutionary War.
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The 1st President, George Washington, is inaugurated in New York City.
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The Bill of Rights is submitted to the states by Congress.
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Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, which could do the work of fifty men when cleaning cotton by hand.
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The Whiskey Rebellion occurs when western Pennsylvania farmers in the Monongahela Valley, upset over the liquor tax.
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Jay's Treaty is signed between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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The United States passes the 11th amendment to the U.S. Constitution on the subject of each state's sovereign immunity.
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The Treaty of Madrid is signed, establishing the boundaries between the Spanish Colonies and the United States.
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The Treaty of Tripoli, signifying peace between the United States and Tripoli, is signed at Algiers.
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The United States Library of Congress is founded.