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George III becomes kind of Great Britain.
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Unwilling to accept the notion of virtual representation, colonists protested the new taxes—the Stamp Act in particular—using more direct methods. In 1765, delegates from nine colonies met in New York at the Stamp Act Congress, where they drafted a plea to King George III and Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.
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Colonists get upset about the taxes so they plan the Boston Tea Party, where they dump a bunch of barrels of tea into the water.
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Reign of Louis XVI begins in France
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Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts. First Continental Congress convenes
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Second Continental Congress convenes.
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Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is published.
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Colonies declare independence from the British.
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Joseph II allows religious toleration in Austra
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British surrender to colonists in Yorktown.
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British preacher Edmund Cartwright invents the first power loom
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Sierra Leone in Africa is made a haven for freed American slaves.
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The Constitution is ratified.
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George Washington first president.
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