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Early hunters started using tools to hunt.
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Sailed from Spain trying to find the West Insies, but found America by mistake.
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Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to find South America.
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Wealthy Puritans decided to travel to America. There were a thousand colonists.
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Roger Williams fled to avoid prison and found Rhode Island. Thomas Hooker was a pastor and started a settlement in Connecticut.
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King George II granted Great Britain 200,000 acres of land.
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The British won the final battle against the French.
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The British was trying to control the colonies by making new laws.
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The colonists didn't like being taxed and decided to fight back. They threw barrels of tea off of British ships.
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This began in Philadelphia. John Hancock was chosen to be its president.
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The 13 colonies considers themselves as free states.
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The House of Representitives and the Senate are created. The G.C. was a bill that became a law.
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The constitution was like a petition. The delagates signed it and hoped that states would accept it.
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This is when the U.S. became even bigger and gained 15 new states. It was thanks to Congress.
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This meant that the U.S. couldn't trade with foreign nations. Countries were forbidden to trade with their enemies.
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They ruled a strong civilization in the Mexican highlands.
