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Jamestown was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607
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lets us use the compact for self goverment
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England
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French and Indian War: Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America
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Boston Massacre:British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests
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Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against theBritish tea tax
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War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America
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George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors
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John Adamsis inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia
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First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified
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Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin greatly increases the demand for slave labor
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president in Washington, DC
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Marbury v. Madison: Landmark Supreme Court decision greatly expands the power of the Court by establishing its right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
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United States agrees to pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory, which extends west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and comprises about 830,000 sq mi (treaty signed May 2). As a result, the U.S. nearly doubles in size
