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Yale University was founded on October 9th 1701 by Elihu Yale.
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Queen Anne's War was fought from 1702-1713
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In 1729 North and South Carolina became a royal colony
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The Iron Act of 1750 eliminated the taxes paid by Britain on the iron imported from its American colonies.
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The French and Indian War was a war fought between the British colonies in North America and the French colonies
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The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British legislation focused on ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was an internal tax directly on American colonists by the British Parliament.
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The Boston Massacre was an event that happened in February of 1770 when a patriot mob attacked a British loyalist, who fired a gun at them, killing a boy.
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The Tea Act of 1773 granted companies the right to ship tea directly to the colonies without landing in England first.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that happened on December 16, 1773
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle fought on, June 17, 1775.
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The Constitutional Convention took place from May to September, 1787
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The Federalist Papers were essays and articles that explained the Constitution of the United States.
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The Bill of Rights were the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, wrote in 1791
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The Whisky Rebellion was a violent protest of the whiskey taxation
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The White House was constructed and the first President moved in, in 1800