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Event 1
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This was the actual first permanent English settlement in America, which was Jamestown.
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This was the year of many firsts in Jamestown, including the arrival of families, enslaved African Americans, and the first legislative assembly.
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The creation of a colony based on religious beliefs at Plymouth by the Pilgrims.
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When Puritans came to Massachusetts in the first large wave of immigrants. They had brought strong religious values, new ideas, and satisfying opportunities for the community.
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Anne Hutchinson was banished because of her own religious beliefs, and later founded the state of Rhode Island, which helped support religious freedom.
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After a long-lasting conflict between Native Americans, colonists, the British, and the French, a war had broken out.
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These trials show how fear and mass hysteria can make minor changes for peoples opinions and decisions, resulting in people making dangerous and unfair decisions.
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Event 2
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Britain and France's war over land left Britain in serious debt, resulting in the imposition of new taxes on the American colonies.
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Colonists were taxed without having a say in government, increasing anger toward British rule.
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Violence between British soldiers and colonists showed how tense and dangerous the conflict had become.
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Colonists protested unfair taxes by destroying British tea, openly challenging British authority.
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Known as “the shot heard round the world,” these battles marked the start of the Revolutionary War.
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The 13 colonies officially declared independence from Great Britain.
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The United States created a new system of government based on laws and shared power.
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