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The population of American colonies is now 275,000.
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After a 9 day siege from the British on a french fort in Nova Scotia, the British seize the fort.
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John Campbell starts the first successful American Newspaper.
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Carolina becomes a north and south colony.
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Quakers declare a statement against slavery.
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New England and the Wabanaki Confederacy declare war in 1725.
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Benjamin Franklin publishes the first copy of the Poor Richards Almanac.
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The first liberty bell is hung in the Pennsylvania state house.
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George Washington and his troops attack Fort Duquesne which became one of the first actions leading to the French and Indian war.
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This is the last battle between the British and French to gain control of the Americas. The British gain all of Canada from a victory at the Plains of Abraham.
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The British limited sugar quantities on the American Colonists and tax them extra.
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9 of 13 American Colonies ask for the Stamp Act to be repealed.
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Stamp Act is placed on the colonists by the British government without the consent of the colonists which taxes stamps and paper goods.
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The Mason Dixon Line Establishes the territorial boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Known as the first battle in the American Revolution, the Massacre occurred when British troops fired upon a mob of colonists in Boston who were demonstrating against the British.
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Colonists dressed as Mohawks dumped tea from the British East India Company into the Boston Harbor.
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The quartering act which allowed British regulars to go into any colonist's home and be fed were among many other outstanding acts that aroused the colonists to fight.
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"One if by land, two if by sea." The famous words of Paul Revere who organized the resistance against the British regulars coming to attack. The next day the battle at Lexington in which over 200 were killed starting the American Revolution.
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The Continental Congress now appoints George Washington to be the first Commander in Chief in which he goes to Boston to take charge of the fighting there.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration proclaimed the independence of America from England and formally started the war on the British.
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Besty Ross designs the first flag as the stars and stripes which the Congress adopts as the national flag.
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This is the first Constitution of the US later to be remade into the US Constitution.
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The treaty of Amity and Commerce starts when France recognizes the new nation and allies with them in the war.
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This erupts in a full-scale war between the two countries.
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The first meeting happens in 1787 and the Constitution is put into effect in 1789.
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In 1789 in New York, George Washing was granted the full powers and responsibility of the presidency by the US Constitution.
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The New York Stock Exchange is created
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Eli Whitney invents the Cotton gin, this helps the south to eventually produce cotton and boosts the economy.
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