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John Campbell publishes the first regular newspaper in Boston Massachusetts.
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Skirmishes between New England colonists and the Wabanaki Confederacy sparked a war that would last until 1725.
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George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
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The first battle of the war begins with a raid by New French against the British port of Canso.
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British Parliament enacts the Iron Act to protect their iron forges from American competition in an attempt to better control the colonies.
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George Washington and his troops attack Fort Duquesne as an initial action of the French and Indian War.
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The French and Indian War ends with a peace treaty that cedes Canada and the American Midwest to the English.
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The British enacted the Sugar Act which placed a tax on various commodities within the British colonies.
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British troops fire into a group of protesters in Boston.
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The American Revolution begins due to unrest and anger towards unwavering British control, fueled additionally by the Boston Massacre.