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END OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
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ROYAL PROCLAMATION
establishes administration in territories newly ceded by France. To prevent further violence between settlers and Native Americans, the Proclamation sets a western boundary on the American colonies -
LORD NORTH BECOMES PRIME MINISTER OF THE GREAT BRITAIN
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Battle of Alamance in North Carolina
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Dunmore's War
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The First Continental Congress
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The Second Continental Congress meets
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Battle of Long Island, a.k.a. Battle of Brooklyn
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New Hampshire ratifies the first state constitution
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Two Battles of Saratoga
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Battle of Springfield
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The British government officially, yet informally, recognizes American independence.
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The Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War
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George Washington is inaugurated as President in New York
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Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
becomes the 13th state to ratify the Constitution, with a vote of 34–32