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Part of the series of wars between France and England known as the French and Indian Wars
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Many colonists listen to the sermons of pastors like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
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Jonathan Edwards preaches his famous sermon
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The last of the French and Indian Wars
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The beginning of protest against England
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This was the first act that parliament passed to simply tax the colonists. It was repealed a year later
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British soldiers kill 5 colonists during a riot in Boston
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The Sons of Liberty dress up as Natives and dump British tea into the Boston harbor as protest against the Tea Act
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The congress was called in response to the Intolerable Acts
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The American War for Independence
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The first battle of the War for Independence
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Thomas Paine published in the extremely persuasive pamphlet "Common Sense" and many colonists swing toward the side of indepence
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The second Continental Congress convene and sign the Declaration of Independence
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The Revolutionary War comes to an end and America wins its freedom
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The U.S. ratifies the Constitution in the aftermath of the failed Articles of Confederation
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George Washington becomes the first U.S. president
