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New Jersey
Royal colony of New Jersey established by Queen Anne -
Worst News in the History of America
Blackbeard is killed off the coast of North Carolina -
North Carolina
becomes a Crown colony -
George Washington
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia -
Georgia
bumper colony was established and was were -
Lightening Rod
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod after discovering lightening was electricity -
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French and Indian War
British colonies against French colonies with the help of Indian allies and parent country help -
Taxation Without Representation
with the Sugar Act already in effect, the Stamp Act upset the colonist enough to make the Declaration of Rights -
Boston Massacre
British troops shot at Boston mob, killing 5 citizens -
Boston Tea Party
Colonist dump gallons of tea into the harbor in Boston -
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First Continental Congress
protesting of the Intolerable Acts, all colonies attended except for Georgia -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson and others write the Declaration of Independence and gets approved by the Second Continental Congress -
Crossing of the Delaware
George Washington and his army surprise attack the Hessian army -
Battle of Saratoga
turning point of the American revolution -
Battle at Yorktown
Last battle of the American Revolution -
Treaty of Paris, 1783
treaty to official end the American Revolution -
Shay's Rebellion
first rebellion to get shut down due to national army intervening -
United States Constitution
signed during the Constitutional Convention -
1st President of the United States of America
George Washington -
First Bank of the United States
chartered for 20 years in Philadelphia -
Passing of George Washington
first president passes away
