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The pilgrims arrive in massachusetts. They settle at plymouth after a month on cape cod.
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hree young salem girls accuse townspeople of witchcraft. The salem witch trials begin. Nineteen people people are found guilty of witchcraft.
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:British soldiers kill five colonists in the boston massacre.
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Colonists object to a british tea tax. A group dumps tea from a ship into boston harbor.This becomes known as the boston tea party
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The shot heard round the world starts the revolutionary war. Colonists fight the british army in the battles of lexington and concord.
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massachusettes becomes the sixth state
