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This Massachusetts law imposes the death penalty on children under 16 who refuse to obey their parents.
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Three colonies merge to become the colony of Delaware in 1701.
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Created as a "buffer zone" between British Carolina and Spanish Florida, Georgia is granted a charter in 1732.
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Filled with pithy sayings, Franklin's "Almanac" proved to be perenially popular.
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This war between Spain and England creates tension in the colony of Georgia, as all Georgians are required to fight for Britain.
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The Catholic governor of Florida promised freedom to slaves who will fight for Spain. 69 slaves flee to Florida hoping for freedom.
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Jonathan Edwards gives his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
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Paper money issued by the New England colonies cannot be accepted as legal tender, according to this unpopular Act of Parliament.
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The French, Iroquois, and colonists fight over land along the Ohio River. The war lasts three years, and the colonists win with the help of British troops.
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King George III honors the 1758 promise to the Iroquois that he would grant them land free of British colonists. He orders the colonists living on this land to move.
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This Act of Parliament makes it illegal for the American colonies to print their own money, and threatens to destabilize the entire colonial economy.
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This controversial act levies the first taxes directly on the American colonies. Wills, dice, and newspapers are among the goods taxed.
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Orders each colonial assembly to provide for the needs of British soldiers stationed within their borders.
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Delegates from 9 colonies meet in New York to petition King George III to repeal the Stamp Act.
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This Act of Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, but also establishes the supremacy of Parliament over the American Colonies.
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In response to New York's refusal to comply wiht hte 1765 Quartering Act, Britian suspends the New York assembly.
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"Champagne Charlie" levies this tax on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea imported to the colonies.
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Written by George Mason, these Resolves given in the Virginia House of Burgesses introduce the idea of "no taxation without representation." In response to the reading of the Resolves, Virginia's Royal governor dissolves the House of Burgesses.
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This mysterious incident starts when shots are fired while British troops patrol the streets of Boston. It ends in a shootout between the British troops and colonists, and is widely publicized by the American media as a British aggression.
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The Act responsible for inciting the Boston Tea Party, the Tea Act gives the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
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In this celebrated event, 20-130 men board British tea ships and dump 347 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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56 delegates from all the American colonies except Georgia meet in Philadelphia to create a Declaration of Rights and Grievances. Their goal is to gain representation in Parliament and the repeal of the Intolerable Acts.
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British General Gage, ordered by King George to put down unrest, sends troops to find the rebel leaders in Boston. 77 American colonists meet his British forces outside Lexington, and when a shot is fired, a gunfight begins in which 8 colonists lose their lives. Gage's forces march to Concord, but are met by a larger force of colonists and are forced to retreat.
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The colonial delegates meet a second time to create an army and send an 'olive branch' petition to King George III asking him to help avoid war. When King George refuses to receive the petition, the Second Continental Congress becomes the defacto national government.
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In this battle, 1600 colonists inflict high casualties on 2000 British soldiers.
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Thomas Paine's pamphlet urging revolution is published anonomously.
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As British forces officially leave Boston, they are shelled by the American rebels.
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In this decisive victory for the Continental Army, George Washington leads his forces across the Delaware River in the dead of night for a surprise attack on the Hessian mercenaries fighting for the British. It ends with 686 Hessians and numerous supplies captured.
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England's Prime Minister Lord North sends word to America that King George III is willing to end the war on the terms demanded in July 1776.
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As America's first government after British rule, the Articles of Confederation were a short-lived experiment with the confederacy system of government.
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While stationed at Valley Forge, the Continental Army endures a grueling winter with meager supplies.
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Referred to as the "Turning Point" of the Revolutionary War. American forces surround General Burgoyne's troops at Saratoga, forcing them to surrender.
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As part of the British plan to move South, their forces capture Savannah, Georgia.
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Arnold offers to sell West Point to the British, and is arrested by the Americans. He goes to fight for the British against colonial forces.
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Washington attacks the British at Yorktown after learning that French reinforcements are coming and will block off British supply lines. Surrounded, the British forces surrender to Washington.
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After the House of Commons votes to end the war in America, the Treaty of Paris is created to grant America independence and all land from the Appalachians to the Mississipi River. In return, the Americans promise not to prosecute Loyalists.
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Angry at high taxes, a group of farmers led by Daniel Shay lead a rebellion that threatens to collapse the nation.
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55 delegates meet in Philadelphia to create a new government to replace the failing Articles.
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The first incarnation of the National Bank had a 20 year charter and was intended to be a secure repository for government funds.
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Financially burdened by Hamilton's grain tax, western farmers attack a western Pennsylvania tax office. Washington leads 13,000 troops to put down the rebellion.
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An invention which would revolutionalize the economy of the South, the cotton gin made cotton production profitable.
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Orchestrated by John Jay, this treaty between Britain and America results in the British reimbursing America for their stolen ships and evacuating forts in the United States.
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In this contested election, John Adams became president after receiving 71 of the 70 votes needed to win.
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These two unpopular acts made it possible for the President to deport foreign citizens and fine those who publish statements critical of the US Governent.
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