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1651: nav acts
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1754-1763: french & indian war
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1765: stamp act
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1773: boston tea party
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1774- 1st cont. cong.
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1775- bttl of lex.
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1776- 2nd cc &DoI
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1778- france joins america
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1781- articles of confederation
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1785- constitutional convention
