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In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. His discovery of land outside of eurasia began the boom of exploration.
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Sir Walter Raleigh was given a royal charter to establish a colony called Roanoke in the land they were calling Virginia.
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Hernando was the first to explore the futuree location of the united states.
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Jamestown colony established in virginia.
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House of Burgesses established as the first colonial representative assemblies.
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First Colonial legislative body founded in virginia.
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Mayflower sails and establishes colony at plymoth rock.
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The Colony of New Jersey was established by the dutch (called New Netherlands at the time) Along with their holdings of New York (called New Amsterdam then.)
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the settlers fought the pequot war and defeated them.
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first navigation act parred by britian
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These two colonies were created as buffer colonies to protect the precious virginia from the french in Florida.
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William Penn establishes Pennsylvainia in the land he nas been given.
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The tax on sugar enacted after the repeal of the molassas act
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The cause of much outrage in the colonies, all documents must be taxed.
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One of the many taxes that led directly to colonial revolt
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British opened fire on boston, killed few but was called "massacre" for propaganda reasons.
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People dressed up as indians and made the boston harbor a big cup o' tea.
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12 of 13 colonies met to discuss severence/fixing of relations with england
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Act that punished Boston for the Boston Tea party, closed the port among other things.
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The British are Coming! The British are Coming!
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The shot heard round the world, was the start of the revolution.
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delegates met again, spurred by the capture of fort ticonderoga.
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TO HIGH TREASON!
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This ended the revolutionary war.
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The Constitution was ratified, throwing out the Articles of Confederation.
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George Washington elected unanimously as the president of the united states.
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A topic of much conflict, the bill of rights was finally amended into the constitution.
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Citizens upset by the tax on whiskey imposed by the federal government. first chance for the government to prove they would enforce their laws.
