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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut describe the government of Connecticut. It is considered the first written Constitution of the Americas.
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The Dutch take control of New Sweden.
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The Quakers arrive in New England
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The Province of Carolina is created.
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Bacon's Rebellion occurs. Settlers led by Nathanial Bacon rebel against Virginia Governor William Berkeley.
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The city of Philadelphia is founded.
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The Colony of New Jersey is formed by the merging of East and West Jersey.
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The Province of Carolina separates into North Carolina and South Carolina.
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The Province of Georgia is formed by James Oglethorpe.
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The College of New Jersey is founded. It will later become Princeton University.
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Bostonian colonists protest the Tea Act with the Boston Tea Party.
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The Revolutionary War begins.