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The Iroquois Confederacy, an alliance of eastern North American
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Because of the high demand for workers on large plantations, a ship of slaves come to Virginia.
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The first Navigation Act regulates trade between Britain and the colonies.
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Led by Nathaniel Bacon, Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
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The Great Awakening religious revival in colonies during 1730's and 1740's led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
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King George issued the Proclamation of 1763 assuring that Native American land can't be taken over by colonist.
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The Treaty of Paris, a treaty negotiating between Britain and America's needs, is signed.
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The colonist protest the Stamp Act which taxed all printed items.
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In the process of attempting to take over colonists cities, British soldiers and colonists brake out in outrage and fighting.
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Colonists dress up as Native Americans and pour hundreds of buckets of British tea into the harbor, protesting British rule.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord occur. They were the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
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A declaration of independence is the document that declared the colonists independence from Britain.
