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Benjamin Franklin invented the first pair of swim fins at only 11 years old.
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Two men independently developed the octant around 1730: John Hadley (1682–1744), an English mathematician, and Thomas Godfrey (1704–1749).
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Born in Westmoreland County, VA
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The Franklin stove, invented in 1742, is a metal-lined fireplace that stands in the middle of a room.
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King George's Wat began with a raid by the New French against the British port Canso
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Extending his inventiveness to his family's medical problems, Benjamin Franklin invented the flexible catheter in 1752 when his brother John suffered from bladder stones.
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Franklin invented the lightning rod
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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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The Treaty of Fontainebleau was a secret agreement of 1762 in which France ceded Louisiana to Spain.
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They placed a duty on various commodities including lumber, food, molasses, and rum in British colonies.
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The Stamp Act was the first direct tax used by the British government to collect revenues from the colonies.
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n the late 1700s, Spain wanted its power and wealth to grow, building settlements along the coast would help them meet these goals. Missionaries wanted to convert the Indians to the Roman Catholic faith.
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Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
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The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. The colonists boycotted British goods and rioted.
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Battle against Great Britain for freedom.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest, colonists dumped chests of tea from Britain into the harbor as an act of rebellion.
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This was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party
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Officially a written document
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This battle was a British victory
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The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
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British Victory
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American Victory
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This battle was led by Charles Lee
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Brtish Victory
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American Victory
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Congress ratifies the preliminary peace treaty
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John Isaac Hawkins invented trifocals, glasses meant to focus on three different distances, in 1824. Though he gave the glasses their name, he credited Benjamin Franklin for inventing the bifocals.
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The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington.
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Federal Judiciary Act is passed, the Supreme Court of the United States would be a tribunal made up of six justices who would serve until death or retirement.
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The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens.
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