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-Roanoke-Sir Walter Raleigh (given permission by Elizabeth I)sent John White w/ 117 settlers
-Virginia Dare-1st born in America
-White went back to England to get supplies
-delayed by war w/ Spain-2 years to get back
-Lost colony -
Virginia
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Jamestown-1st permanent English settlement
Named for King James I -
Massachusetts
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Plymouth-102 Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact-democracy -
New Hampshire
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Maryland
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Connecticut
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Rhode Island
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Delaware
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North Carolina
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South Carolina
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New York
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New Jersey
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Pennsylvania
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Georgia
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Britain regulates colonial trade and levies new taxes on colonists
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The “Boston Massacre” occurs
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The “Boston Tea Party” takes place
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Colonists go to war w/ the British
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Declaration of Independence is signed
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Colonists win Battle of Saratoga & French decide to join the colonists
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Britsh surrender at Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris signed
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US Constitution signed
