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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
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Boston Massacre:British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests
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Boston Tea Party: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 theBritish tea tax
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Continental Congress adopts theDeclaration of Independencein Philadelphia
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George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors
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First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified
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John Adamsis inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Mo., on expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
