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It was the very first English settlement.
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The Mayflower Compact was important because it contained the first written laws for the new land and established a government created by those who were to be governed.
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John Locke contributed to the constitution for the Carolina colony.
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This proposed that the colonies unite.
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The Stamp Act was passed this year. The Stamp Act is important because it reqired the use of tax stamps on all legal documents.
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Five colonists are killed by the British during this event.
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The British tired to tax tea during this event so the colonists responeded with dumping tea into the Boston Bay.
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This is when the Revollutionary War starts due to the battles of Lexongton and Concord.
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This is when the Declaration of Independence was signed
