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Jamestown Virgina the first successful English settlement,is founded
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The Pilgrims sign the mayflower Compact
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John locke contributes to the constitution for the Carolina
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The Albany Congress propose that the colines untie
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The Stamp Act is passed
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Five colonists are killed by the British at the Boston Massacre
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The Tea Act is passed Colonists resopnds with the Boston Tea Party
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the battle of Lexington and Concord spark the Revolution.
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In 1776, the British set forth to subdue the colonies. They began the effort by recapturing New York. First, they drove Washington off Long Island; then, from lower Harlem. After this initiative, Washington retreated to White Plains, where for the first time, he was able to hold off the British forces. The British, then again, outmanuevered Washington. Washington was forced to retreat to New Jersey
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The Declartion of Independence is signed
