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Nov 8, 1492
The Discovery of the Americas
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Thousands of english readers get a visual of North America
Thomas Harriot publishes "A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land in Virginia" his descriptiveness aided english readers to get a visual of North America -
The first colony in America is established. (Jamestown)
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John Winthrop writes... Puritans purify the church
John Winthrops writings helped inspire the puritans to purify the church, and also inspired a desire for freedom that led to the american revolution. -
Puritans leave England for the New World
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First book is issued in the North American Colonies
Bay Psalm Book -
The first work by a North American woman is published
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English colonies are spread all along the Atlantic Coast
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The French and Indian War Begins
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End of the French and Indian War
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Pamphlets are issued as a means of fueling the revolution
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Patrick Henry inspires revolution at the Virginia Convention
"give me liberty or give me death!" -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine is published
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The Declaration of Independence is signed
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Beginning of Revolutionary War
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End of Revolutionary War
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The Constitution of the United States is approved