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Nathaniel Bacon led a group of colonists from Virgiia, eastward in search of justice.
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Harvord Ministors founded Yale Colledge in New Haven
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John Edwards lights the fire that signals the begining of the Great Awakening.
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Peter Zenger was accused of libel (saying mean things about the government). He was a political Newspaper printer and a large part in sparking debate on wether the colonies should be free
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Zenger's trial becomes viral and he ends up getting a lawyer, Andrew Hamilton. Not just any lawyer though, Hamilton was the most famous colonial lawyer. He ends up helping Zenger win the case!
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Beginning of the 7 years war.
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Smuggling was HUGE and about 700,000 British pounds per year were illegally taken to America
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The navigation Act and the Mollasses Act are in play as attempts by the King to stop international trade.
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Boston Massacre. Bostonites antagonise the british troops forcing them to fire into an unarmed crowd, kiling five men and children.
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Boston Tes Party. In protest of the tea act, colonists dress up as Native Americans and dump British tea into the Boston Harbor.