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Jameston, Virginia
Founding of First Successful English Settlement -
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims sign it -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is passed -
Boston Massacre
Five colonists are killed by the British -
Commitees of Correspondence
Provided a network for cooperation and exchange of info for patriots -
Boston Tea Party
Disguised men dumped cargo into sea to protest British control of tea trade -
Intolerable Acts
Parliament passed a new set of laws -
First Continental Congress
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Period: to
SEcond Continental Congress
British still refused to compromise
