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"The first permanent British settlement in North America."
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"The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War."
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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 (1775-83)."
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Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia, on October 12th.