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Jamestown, Virginia, the first successful English settlement, is founded.
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John Locke contributes to the constitution for the Carolina colony.
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The Albany Congress proposes that the colonies unite.
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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Five Colonists are killed by the British at the Boston Massacre.
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The British repeal of the Townsend Act brought two years of peace between Britain and the colonies. But it didn't end the tension.
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Colonists, dressed as Mohawks and dumped tea into the Boston harbor to protest tax on tea.
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The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party with what the colonies called the "Intolerable Acts."
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The battles of Lexington and Concord spark the Revolution.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed.
