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Columbus sails to America
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Jamestown was settled and became the first permanent British settlement in North America
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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War.