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250,000 settlers in English colonies.
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First colonial newspaper.
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Colonial economic life quickens.
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Georgia Colony.
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Gorge Washington was born.
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Great Awakening.
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Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity.
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French and Indian War.
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Proclamation Line established.
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Pontiac's Rebellion.
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Proclamation of 1763.
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Sugar Act and Stamp Act Controversies.
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Declaratory Act.
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Townshend Act, New York Assembly suspended.
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Boston Massacre.
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Committees of Correspondence formed.
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Boston Tea Party.
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Tea Act.
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Coercive Acts, First Continental Congress convenes.
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Revolution begins with fighting at Lexington and Concord.
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Declaration of Independence. WOOT WOOT!
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British defeated at Saratoga.
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French join the war against the British.
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Battle of Yorktown.
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Articles of Confederation ratified.
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Peace signed in Paris.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1784, 1785, and 1787.
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Annapolis Convention.
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Shays' Rebellion.
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Constitutional Convention.
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Federalist Papers written.
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Constitution ratified.
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George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States.
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French Revolution begins.
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Capital placed on the Potomac River.
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Whiskey Rebellion.
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December 14, 1799, Washington died at his Mount Vernon home.
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Jefferson elected.