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Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia
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The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England The Mayflower, 41 male passengers sign the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government.
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Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America.
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formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.
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British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests
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A group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax
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War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America.
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the first U.S. constitution
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Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failure to pay.
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Made up of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies, meets in Philadelphia to draft the U.S. Constitution
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified
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John Adams is inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president in Washington, DC
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Landmark Supreme Court decision greatly expands the power of the Court by establishing its right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutiona
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United States agrees to pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory, which extends west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
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set out from St. Louis, Mo., on expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
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James Madison is inaugurated as the fourth president
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U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion
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James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president
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An an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states
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In his annual address to Congress, President Monroe declares that the American continents are henceforth off-limits for further colonization by European powers
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John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president
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Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president
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South Carolina secedes from the Union
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