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Jamestown, the first of the 13 colonies, was founded by The London Company. It was a port and trading center.
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Massachusetts was the second of the 13 colonies, it was formed by the pilgrims. This group was also known as the Separatists or Puritans. They came over to escape British rule.
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Britain had colonies all along the east coast of the USA: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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There was a protest called “the Boston tea party”. 150 colonist from Boston dressed up as native Americans boarded on three British tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbour.
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“Boston Tea Party” helped provoke the American War of independence which began in 1775 in Lexington.
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The colonists made a Declaration of independence from Britain and Thomas Jefferson wrote a Constitution.
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With the help of France, General George Washington and his Continental Army defeated British General Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781.
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This led to the Treaty of Paris, officially ending the revolution on September 3, 1783. George Washington became the first President.
