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George Perkins is born to two merchants in Boston, Massachusetts. His older brother, James, is four.
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George's younger sister Savannah is born.
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Smallpox goes through the Perkins household. Savannah dies at the age of six.
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The new taxes on tea are disastrous to his parents' income. George begins learning the trade of shipbuilding at the docks in case his parents lose the shop completely.
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While walking home one night, George witnesses a mob throwing ice and British soldiers. At first, George thinks it's funny, but then the mob escalates into something much more dangerous. Five colonists die when the British begin firing.
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George participates in the Boston Tea Party in response to the Tea Act.
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George marries another Puritan, Sarah. His original pick was a woman named Mary, but she belonged to a Quaker family, and his parents refused the match.
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When George hears about the beginning of the American Revolution, he enlists in the rebel militia.
