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  The first English Colony
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  The pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact
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  John Locke contributes to the constitution for the Carolina Colony
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  proposed that the colonies unite
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  Stamp Act was passed
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  Five colonists are killed by the British
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  is passed. colonists respond with the Boston Tea Party
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  Spark the Revolution
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  independence
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