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.The charter was granted by King Charles the second. The document ensured that colonists had freedom and religion and they were able to govern their own colony.
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Jamestown was incorporated during this year.
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The Proclamation Line forbade all settlement across the Appalachian Mountains. This kept the colonists from angering the indians.
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The French and Indian war was very expensive, therefore the British Parliament passed the stamp act. It required the colonists to pay taxes for any printed documents. The colonists became angry and repealed against the act.
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The Quartering Act allowed British soldiers to force colonists into letting them stay, sleep, and eat at the colonists house.
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After many colonists were angry and annoyed at the British Soldiers, a colonist threw ice at a soldier. This made the soldiers very angry, and they then shot and killed five male civilians, and injured six others.
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Angry colonists burned a British revenue ship called the "Gaspee." The colonists never got directly punished for the burning.
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The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty, disguised as indians, threw an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company into the water, destroying it. This was a show of rebellion against the Tea Act.
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During this year these acts were created. These acts meant to punish the colonists for their rebellion consisted of the Quartering Act, Port Bill, limits on town meetings, and British officials being tried in England for crimes committed in the colonies.
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The first and second continental congress meetings are held on :
September 5, 1774
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During this year, the Katy was used under the name of the Katy. Later, it was called the USS Providence, which lasted from 1775 until 1779. This boat was the very start of the US navy, as it was the first boat to fire at the British.
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The American Revolution was when the 13 colonies rebelled against the king of England. This happened during these years.
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200 hundred British Marines, Germans, and Hessions landed on Jamestown. They burned 20 houses in town and they took pigs, cattle, and furniture.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed by the colonists.
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British troops occupy Newport on December 7, 1776.
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One of the worst times for the colonists during the American Revolution, they stayed at Valley Forge, crowded in sickness and disease.
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During this year, as the British left Jamestown during the American Revolution, they left a mark by burning the lighthouse.
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The Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution, is signed on this date.
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John Eldred was both an English traveller and merchant. He shot odd objects out of a cannon towards the British ships in the bay that were terrorising the colonists.
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The United States Constitution is ratified by the states on this day!
