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In 1607 The Virginia Company of London founds the first English colony in North America: Jamestown Virginia
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In 1649 King Chales I was beheaded. For the next ten years England is ruled by Oliver Cromwell
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In 1652 Rhode Island colony put out a law banning slavery
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In 1660 the English monarchy is restored under Charles II
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1689 was the begining of the war between the French and the Indians
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1732 the colony of Georgia was founded
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1759 England captures Quebec in New France
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1764 The Sugar Act was places. This was when England taxes sugar, molasses, wine, and coffee coming into the colonies to help pay for colonial military costs
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1767 Townshend acts tax tea, glass, lead, paint and other items imported into the colonies
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1773 Boston Tea Party: A protest against taxation
