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Written by Benjamin Franklin
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The colonies of British America fought against the colonies of New France both with Indian allies. This was fought to decide who had predominant power of American land.
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James Watt invented the first working steam engine.
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A revolt against the British that ended with America gaining freedom from Great Britain.
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The Boston Massacre occurred because of a group of Boston residents where harassing British soldiers when they opened fire on them.
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A protest by the colonies of the taxation without representation imposed by Great Britain.
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The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress.
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With the surrender of British General Cornwallis, this ended the fighting of the American Revolutionary War.
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The signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War.
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First seven bales of cotton to arrive in Europe from America
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Was signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia when 39 delegates of the Constitutional Convention endorsed it.
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By all 69 electoral votes, George Washington became the United States' first president.
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The US Bill of Rights was ratified by congress.
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An invention by Eli Whitney that mechanically separated the sticky seeds out of cotton.
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Before leaving office, George Washington wrote a farewell address to the new nation.
