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The Pilgrims left England in search of religious freedom from their British king. They settled in Massachusetts and named their colony Plymouth Rock.
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Fifty three of the surviving Pilgrims got together to celebrate a successful harvest season. They were joined by indians for the meal now known as Thanksgiving.
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The Boston Common becomes the first public park in America.
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On this day, Harvard became the first American college was founded. Americans could now earned a Bachelor's Degree.
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The first regularly issued newspaper, The Boston Newsletter, becomes published, in Boston.
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British troops came in and shot the colonists. Many Boston residents were killed.
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Colonists dressed as indians dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor in protest against the tea tax.
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After the Boston Tea Party ,the British Parliament sent out a list of things they considered intolerable. This led to the colonists beginning the Revolutionary War, which started in Massachusetts.
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"The shot heard around the world" was the start of the Revolutionary War. The minutemen fought against government officials who were trying to take their guns away. The minutemen fought back and shot and killed several government employees.
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