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1701-1714
War of the Spanish Succession -
1703
St. Petersburg is founded by Peter the Great -
1732
Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanac. -
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1756-1763
French and Indian war begins and ends, with the British winning, but deep in debt. -
1765
British enact the Stamp Act on the colonists. -
1770
Boston Massacre, with 5 colonists being killed by British Soldiers. -
1773
Boston Tea Party. -
1775
Battles at Lexington and Concord, marking the beginning of the Revolutionary War. -
1776
The Declaration of Independence is approved by the Continental Congress. -
1781
General Cornwallis surrenders, ending the fighting of the Revolutionary War. -
1783
Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War. -
1787
Constitution of the United States is signed -
1789
George Washington unanimously voted President of the United States by the Electoral College. -
1793
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.