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Deerfield Raid
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville leads an attack against the frontier settlement at Deerfield, Massachusetts. -
United Kingdom Formed
England, Wales, and Scotland join together. -
Poor Richards Almanack
Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanack, his first almanack. -
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7 Years War
The Seven Years War, also know as the French and Indian war, which involved every great European power. -
Capture of Quebec
The decisive defeat of the French by a British force led by James Wolfe. -
Stamp Act
A tax imposed by the British on the colonies hat required them to pay a tax on all legal and commercial documents. -
Boston Massacre
A deadly riot that occurred between American colonists and British Soldiers which shot many of the American colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration was adopted by the Second Continental Congress
